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Surprise school gun drill too realistic for teachers
A group of teachers in New Jersey were meeting in a school library when suddenly a man with a gun bursts in and starts shooting! Turns out, it's all a drill and the gun doesn't have any bullets, just blanks, but the teachers don't know that!
A teacher says "he opened the door. He stood there. He yelled some profanities threw some papers and fired a gun!"
The PA system kept repeating that the Phillipsburg, New Jersey Early Learning Center was in lockdown and the 50 teachers meeting in the library tried to talk cover under the kid-sized tables.
Teacher Arlene Levine says "people are crying! The girl next to me is trembling and shaking! You heard people crying! You heard other people praying! It was pretty dramatic!"
For those teachers the trauma that caused some to dial 911 was real the gunman as it turns out was not.
Teacher Debbie Carty says "I could see from under the table the head of security come in and open the door and say, 'It's a drill!' And at that point I was little bit more relieved. But I was very frightened!"
The so-called "active shooter" drill was the school district's way of testing staff readiness.
Barbara English of the Teachers' Union says "we're not against having drills. We think it's very important to have drills. But I think the way this was conducted might've been a little bit disastrous!"
The Phillipsburg School Board began hearing from angry teachers and parents.
The school district would only say that student safety is their primary concern.
Superintendent George Chando says "once we complete our review, the district will determine if any modifications or adjustments are to be made and they will be communicated to all of our staffs."
http://www.kare11.com/news/national/national_article.aspx?storyid=524222&catid=18
A group of teachers in New Jersey were meeting in a school library when suddenly a man with a gun bursts in and starts shooting! Turns out, it's all a drill and the gun doesn't have any bullets, just blanks, but the teachers don't know that!
A teacher says "he opened the door. He stood there. He yelled some profanities threw some papers and fired a gun!"
The PA system kept repeating that the Phillipsburg, New Jersey Early Learning Center was in lockdown and the 50 teachers meeting in the library tried to talk cover under the kid-sized tables.
Teacher Arlene Levine says "people are crying! The girl next to me is trembling and shaking! You heard people crying! You heard other people praying! It was pretty dramatic!"
For those teachers the trauma that caused some to dial 911 was real the gunman as it turns out was not.
Teacher Debbie Carty says "I could see from under the table the head of security come in and open the door and say, 'It's a drill!' And at that point I was little bit more relieved. But I was very frightened!"
The so-called "active shooter" drill was the school district's way of testing staff readiness.
Barbara English of the Teachers' Union says "we're not against having drills. We think it's very important to have drills. But I think the way this was conducted might've been a little bit disastrous!"
The Phillipsburg School Board began hearing from angry teachers and parents.
The school district would only say that student safety is their primary concern.
Superintendent George Chando says "once we complete our review, the district will determine if any modifications or adjustments are to be made and they will be communicated to all of our staffs."
http://www.kare11.com/news/national/national_article.aspx?storyid=524222&catid=18
