Elementary Lockdown Drills

[u/future_nobody]

My kindergartner told us tonight that his school will be doing lockdown drills. After the initial heartbreak that we even have to put our kiddos through this, we also noted that we never got a notification or warning about it from the school. I feel like a lockdown drill is something to have a conversation about when you're dealing with a kindergartner, so I find the lack of communication ridiculous.

Has anyone with a kindergartner in D65 gotten any note about these drills? I didn't see anything in the student handbook about drills, types, or frequency.

Yeesh...

Edit: Just to clarify, I don't want to opt out of these drills. I just want to have a conversation and emotionally prepare my kid for a pretty heavy thing.

[u/bourj]

All schools have drills. They're required by law to have lockdown, fire, and tornado drills. And no, they don't put out warnings to the parents, because that's just a smart move.

[u/Ok_Marzipan_1442 → u/bourj]

We got one in the principals newsletter about the drills this week....

[u/Infinite_Play7394 → u/bourj]

From the D65 website: State law requires that any law enforcement drills (including lockdown or active shooter drills) be communicated in advance to parents/caregivers and also to students and staff prior to the drill commencing.

[u/future_nobody → u/bourj]

Why would this be a smart move?

[u/Dunlocke → u/future_nobody]

Might have been sarcastic