I was only teacher of record for a couple of years, but we had a a couple of active shooter drills and we had a metal sort of pin looking device we could engage to keep the door unopenable from the outside. But,.of course useless if the threat was within or if someone was shooting through the ordinary wooden door.
I did take a substitute gig at a big highschool and noticed my first period class of 30 only had 6 kids. I learned there has been a shooting threat. I only had 25 students out of what should have been a couple hundred. I rearranged my class and put my heavy wood desk by the door and assured the students it was probably a kid wanting to get out of a test...but that any assailant would have to go through me.
I hope I would have done my best, I have no doubt you would do anything to protect your charges, you are that kind of woman
Awful that we should have to welcome to the gun crazy US.
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Date: 2024-09-11 08:33 pm (UTC)I did take a substitute gig at a big highschool and noticed my first period class of 30 only had 6 kids. I learned there has been a shooting threat. I only had 25 students out of what should have been a couple hundred. I rearranged my class and put my heavy wood desk by the door and assured the students it was probably a kid wanting to get out of a test...but that any assailant would have to go through me.
I hope I would have done my best, I have no doubt you would do anything to protect your charges, you are that kind of woman
Awful that we should have to welcome to the gun crazy US.