School Lockdown

JackoftheBox

So the schools in my area are on a lockdown due to a bomb threat. This includes DS's daycare. This is so scary!! Thankfully I am friends with his teacher and she said everything there is ok. Why are people so stupid?! Why would anyone want to harm children?

EVA116

That is scary! Do you have any more info on it? How did you hear about it?

nixieknox3

that is so scary, so sorry you have to go through this.

EVA116

I just wonder how they alert parents to stuff like this....does each parent get a call?

Smootchy

sorry to hear. That is very scary!

People are such f'in jerks. I'm hoping no one really wants to harm any children. I'm hoping this is just a stupid threat from some asshole with nothing better to do or a test they are trying to get out of. ....hoping you have LO in your arms by dinner! 

RondackHiker

EVA116 said:

I just wonder how they alert parents to stuff like this....does each parent get a call?

For schools? I don't think so. Even a small elementary school has several hundred students. If there's some threat and the children are thought to be safest in lockdown, I'd rather parents didn't know and try to go rushing in to "save" their children.

LaurelBee

I'm so sorry. Hoping nothing comes of it. People suck.

JackoftheBox

EVA116 said:

I just wonder how they alert parents to stuff like this....does each parent get a call?

Actually yes. You sign up at the beginning of the year during registration, and there is an automated msg left to notify you of anything happening at the school. They also announced it on the news here and that is when I text my DCP to get more information.

Apparently there was a bomb threat to a bus driver. So they put the schools on lockdown. The issue has since been "resolved" whatever the hell that means and school has dismissed with security monitoring the premises. They have a squad car at daycare until it closes at 5:30.

Thankfully every thing is fine, but it's just so hard to think about anything happening to your child. Thanks for listening and the good vibes!

JackoftheBox

RondackHiker said:

I just wonder how they alert parents to stuff like this....does each parent get a call?

For schools? I don't think so. Even a small elementary school has several hundred students. If there's some threat and the children are thought to be safest in lockdown, I'd rather parents didn't know and try to go rushing in to "save" their children.

I am glad that they tell us. BUT I do agree with you that the children are safest in a lockdown.

BluepointToasted

Working in a school, I can tell you that almost every time we have been in a lockdown it has been because of a student making a bomb threat, usually from a unsupervised classroom. A few times we have been on lockdown because of an incident in the neighborhood, and they want to ensure no one is able to enter the building if they are running from the cops or no students leave and are wandering around. I have always felt safe while on lockdown, but I always think how nerve wracking it must be for parents, especially when they do not know what I going on!

[Deleted User]

I'm guessing somebody didn't study for their midterm.

lollitots

We had a lockdown at my kids elementary school just yesterday! I got an couple of e-mails and a computer generated phone call. Picking them up was a pain since they would only release the kids one by one to the parents from the MPR. The police wouldn't allow any cars into the school lot either. We had to walk in. Our PTA is putting portable potties in the classroom for the future because they were not allowed out even for that.

The lockdown was because some idiot gave the police a chase, ditched the car a few blocks from the school and ran. They had the helicopters, search dogs and tons of sheriffs looking for him. They were searching houses door to door, guns drawn. They didn't get him until 5 hours later. The kids weren't really in danger, it was precautionary.