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by KBCraig
Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:51 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: "Intruder drill" leaves teachers shaken
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"Intruder drill" leaves teachers shaken

This would be a very bad idea in Harrold ISD.

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/today/i ... es_ph.html

'Scary' intruder drill leaves Phillipsburg teachers upset, district officials assured
Posted by ppetty August 30, 2008 00:15AM

Teachers unwittingly participated in a hostile intruder drill Friday at the Phillipsburg Early Childhood Learning Center. Phillipsburg police Chief Edward Mirenda, inset left, and Phillipsburg School District acting Superintendent George Chando were pleased with the drill's outcome. Some teachers, meanwhile, were upset by the drill.
A group of elementary teachers gathered for a workshop at Phillipsburg Early Childhood Learning Center got a shock Friday when a gunman burst into the facility library.

The man, yelling obscenities, squeezed off several shots, prompting those present to run for cover and pray for their lives.

They found out later that the gunman was an actor and the shots fired were blanks, both part of a "hostile intruder drill" organized by the Phillipsburg School District and police department.

"The only reason it was not the scariest day of my life was because it wasn't real," said a teacher, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal.

Acting Superintendent George Chando said teachers performed well during the drill.

The teachers had been trained how to react in such a circumstance and used what they learned effectively during the exercise, Chando said.

"It was done as a means of assessing the security readiness," he said. "I cannot give the teachers enough credit."

Town police Chief Edward Mirenda also praised teachers' performance, saying, "Teachers did a great job and reacted as they were trained."

Teachers weren't as pleased with how the drill turned out.

One said, "If I was told it was drill, I would still have followed protocol.Why did we have to think that it was the end of our lives?"

Have you ever participated in a hostile intruder drill? Do you think they're safe? Post a comment.

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