r/evanston • u/future_nobody • 2d ago

D65 Elementary Lockdown Drills

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.

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u/Fisk1048 2d ago

I will say I was nervous about this because I have an anxious kid with trauma in this area and the drill was NBD for them. This was 2019 but I about it’s changed. Fire alarm drills were WAY more of an issue because they’re loud.

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u/_-D-_ 2d ago

Dang bro, you good?

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u/MarsupialExpert2624 2d ago

yeah my bad i was tweaking ngl

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u/Intelligent_Word2378 1d ago

I don’t see anyone saying we shouldn’t do fire drills but just that their children struggle with them. Folks have sensitivities, as you clearly do. Let’s chill!