Posted on 01/31/2013 10:24:47 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
A Chicago-area high school has an unconventional safety drill slated for today: During its "code red drill," Cary-Grove High School is going so far as to have someone in the hallway shoot blanks from a starter pistol. The point? "To provide our teachers and students some familiarity with the sound of gunfire," said the principal in a letter. Teachers will keep students inside, with doors locked and curtains drawn, as police sweep the school. Students are aware of the drill, and there will be a PA announcement beforehand, the Northwest Herald reports.
"The purpose is to take the Code Red drill one step further," explains the police chief, adding that "many" students have "never heard a gunshot before." Needless to say, parents don't think it's a great idea, CBS Chicago reports. Some point out that not all guns sound alike; one calls it "sick." Others are in favor: "Nowadays it’s better to be safe than sorry," says one; a school spokesperson claims they've heard from as many supportive parents as dissenting ones, and adds, "Any step we can take to give them an advantage in a crisis situation is a step we should be taking."
Funny (for some) story. In HS before classes stared on a cold snowy winter day, a 6” sprinkler line decided it didn’t want to remain in one piece. The fire alarm went off, since classes hadn’t started yet, and several classes had big projects due that day we assumed that was the reason.
We found it fun and had a nice snowball fight, the people who were standing under the now broken sprinkler line and covered in nasty brown sprinkler water were not as amused.
You lucked out, big time. I remember city of Milwaukee had so many false alarms from the "inner city" they dusted the pull levers on all the street call boxes with a powdered dye which didn't show up under normal lighting but fluoresced purple under UV light. When water contacted the stuff it turned into indelible ink so washing your hands just spread it around more.
It worked so well outside the school system used it inside on the hallway drop boxes. False alarms dropped to near zero and stayed there.
Regards,
GtG
Being young~n~dumb I had heard about the dye and didn’t know if it were true or not. I’m sure I would have thought up a convenient excuse had it been so. ;-)
When I went to high school in Detroit, one day a week the ROTC brought their guns to school for practice...no one was ever shot.....proof that guns don't kill, crocked politicians, dumb laws and changing culture kills people..True! I was raised by democrats (very strong in their beliefs), yet my dad had a gun and it never killed anyone either. (He also showed no p.c.-ness towards our gay neighbor. I yi yi. Words I can't reprint for sure.)
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