Students urge changes to drill notifications; district says it balances practice and trauma avoidance
Students and some board members urged more advance notice and classroom debriefs for drills to avoid traumatizing vulnerable students; staff said they scaffold drills, sometimes announce them and sometimes run unannounced exercises, and that they do not label active-shooter drills as such.
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A student representative told the board that while staff appear well trained, students do not always feel prepared for emergency situations and that some drills can be frightening. "I think we've been doing a great job training our staff. But as the students, I don't feel like we are prepared for these kind of situations," the student said.
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