Sorcha, That is great that your school keeps the kids in weather related situations. You probably feel real sure that everything will be handled that way if needed.

Susan, I also thought "Lockdown" meant everyone stayed put, but found out today that it doesn't always mean that at least not in the school district I am in.

I am hoping that this thread will make parents look into how safe their childs school is and if it isn't safe try to find ways to make it a safer and more secure place.

A year ago there was a bomb threat at the middle school where three of my grandchildren go. Security searched the gym and could'nt find anything so they took the children and put them in the gym while they searched the rest of the building. The children where being kept on the buses outside the building while the gym was being searched. Fortunately, they found the bomb and took it to a safe place to explode it. They didn't know how much or if it could have caused damage, just knew it was a bomb.

Today we had a lockdown and the children were released at the end of school even though there was a lockdown in effect at that time, and was still in effect after the children left. Usually lockdowns don't bother me, but this time it did, since I had just been told it meant nobody leaves.

I think it really scared me that they would let the children leave. Well, I got to thinking about school security and how many people actually know their schools policy on these things. It really made me think, hope this will make more people ask questions at their schools.