Ohio Principal Poses as Active Shooter in School Drill. This Is Where We Are, America.
An Ohio principal decided to pose as the active shooter in a preplanned, schoolwide drill that went awry.
How he did not anticipate that students could be injured is beyond me. Nevertheless, it seems that the principal plans to continue similar drills in the future.
From FOX19 in New Richmond, Ohio, on December 19, 2019:
Several New Richmond Middle School students were injured Tuesday during an active shooter drill, according to the school’s principal.The incident happened during an ALICE drill, which stands for ‘alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate.’The school says it uses the drill to simulate an active shooter situation in the building.First an alarm sounded in the school’s cafeteria during first lunch period, then Principal Court Lilly appeared.“I pose as the active shooter,” Lilly wrote in a letter sent home to parents. “I utilize air horns to simulate the noise level that would take place in a real event.”…During these ‘chaotic’ moments, the principal says a few students fell to the ground and sustained bumps and bruise. One student reportedly got a cut on her eyebrow.
Following the incident, the school principal sent the following letter to parents. (See FOX19 link for copy of letter, which CONTINUE READING: Ohio Principal Poses as Active Shooter in School Drill. This Is Where We Are, America. | deutsch29