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The group is looking at whether students should be allowed to opt out of active shooter drills, or if giving advanced notice may help with anxiety. Active shooter drills harm students and teachers ...
Many children will go through active shooting drills in the coming weeks, but are these trainings effective, or do they cause psychological stress?
On the second day of the school year in Charlotte, North Carolina, Taylor Maxwell dropped off her 3-year-old at the preschool where her daughter has participated in lockdown drills since she was 2.
There is a movement among national teacher organizations to end these drills. One such voice is the Massachusetts Teachers Association labor union. Merrie Najimy, the head of the MTA, said in 2020 that the drills are "scary" and "stressful" for students and that "lockdown is just a narrow and fear-based view of how to address a serious problem.
A report on armed assailant drills in schools endorsed by the The National Association of School Psychologists and the National Association of School Resource Officers suggests that lockdown ...
The schools hold at least two lockdown drills per year, and use a "Text-a-Tip" hotline for students to report suspicious behavior. Each school has a "Safe Schools Ambassador," a student trained to work within their peer groups to prevent bullying, teasing, and violence on campuses. [5]
A state memo noted national concerns about lockdown drills causing unintended trauma to students, staff and families. NY schools must notify parents of lockdown drills, try to avoid unintended ...
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre that saw two teenagers kill 12 students and one teacher. Since then a sharp increase in lockdown drills have been ...