By Sky Hill

    At any school, you’ve probably experienced or had to go through a School Safety Drill. Schools have been conducting safety drills since the 1950’s. This means that your parents and maybe even grandparents have participated in these drills. This made me think that if your older relatives went through these drills, which have little to no change, what are the chances that the intruder has also gone through these drills and knows where the students are located? Well, the chances are high, which is why I’m going to go over each drill and explain why they are unsafe, and how we can fix them.

    Fixes:  I would first fix the lockdown drill problem, since the intruder has most likely been to school before, maybe each year we could change up the routine they go for. For one year they might hide in different areas, or they don’t tell the students the drill until an emergency has happened so the intruder doesn’t know where to look. For the Earthquake and Tornado drills, I would say to maybe install a special room in each building that’s built to withstand them and can also fit all the students. So most likely more than one, maybe two on each side of the school and one in the middle. Or to have someone watch the tornado and see when it’s coming so all the students can evacuate before it comes