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Board debates state drill mandates and leans toward drafting resolution to reduce annual lockdown drills
Summary
Board members debated whether state-mandated drill counts traumatize students and agreed to draft a resolution recommending fewer lockdown drills (proposed: two per year) while allowing real incidents to count; members emphasized locked doors and staff training as primary safety measures.
Trustees devoted a lengthy portion of the Sept. 17 meeting to state resolutions and school safety drills after review of the VISTA packet and related proposals.
Several trustees, including Speaker 11 during the meeting, argued that the cumulative number of lockdown drills (which can reach dozens over K–12 tenure) can be traumatic and called…
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