Aaron Ross Powell ☸️My kids’ elementary school is having a lockdown drill today, so this is a reminder that, even with the school shootings you hear about in the news, school is by far one of the safest places children can be, there’s zero evidence that lockdown or active shooter drills improve safety, and their main effect is in traumatizing children by convincing them that school in fact isn’t safe. It’s shameful that schools do this to kids and parents should demand they stop.
Mike Laursen@arossp When my daughter was in second grade, there was a domestic dispute about four blocks from the school that possibly involved a gun. They locked down her classroom for a few hours, and she had to pee in the trash can.
MikeZilla Minus One@arossp as a 60s "duck and cover" kid who got sent to the principal's office because i asked Ms. Lewis "how does hiding under our desks save us from a nuclear blast?" I agree wholeheartedly
fakegreekgrill@arossp My 4 year old's pre-K has had 2 this year! I tried talking to the school and they said they "researched what is age appropriate" but apparently not what is effective!
I still kept my kid home for both of them.
@fakegreekgrill A lot of it is coming from grifting outfits run typically by ex-cops who convince school districts to shell out big bucks for training and security assessments. I researched the one behind the drills at my kids’ old school in northern Virginia and was shocked at how scammy it was.
@arossp that's not surprising. Scared parents are a frequent target for grift, and a school shooting is about the scariest thing I can imagine. And people tend to go all Helen Lovejoy when you apply skepticism to that sort of thing.
2xfo@arossp
The thing that gets me is the person who will be shooting is doing the same drills with them so they know a lot of what to anticipate. I think I read about a school shooting where the shooter tried to impersonate an officer doing "All Clear" to get a class door to open, for example.
The thing that gets me is the person who will be shooting is doing the same drills with them so they know a lot of what to anticipate. I think I read about a school shooting where the shooter tried to impersonate an officer doing "All Clear" to get a class door to open, for example.
Sage Griffin 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈@arossp Schools unfortunately often have little say in the matter. It's usually mandated by state law. *Everyone* should contact their state senator and representative to demand change though
Don Whiteside
Ben EvansAre the exact same people saying that kids wearing masks is traumatizing also saying that lockdowns and practice drills are essential for child safety?
Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.
TomTom@arossp
Arm capable school employees
Arm capable school employees
Pyperkub@arossp 10 years, 180 school shootings and rising.
And in every single one, the school gets sued for not being prepared.
The problem isn't the preparation, it's the damn GUNS (aka don't blame the schools, blame your politicians and the Supremes)
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/07/us/ten-years-of-school-shootings-trnd/
@arossp But, the guidance is changing... maybe. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/11/rethinking-run-hide-fight/672196/
mike@arossp I remember having nuclear attack drills in the 80s… Presumably if hiding under my student desk will protect me from a falling building and radiation, it probably works against shooters, too.
Tywyll Seren@arossp
I remember “duck and cover,” basically crouch down under your desk and cross your arms over the back of your head…to survive a nuclear blast…doesn’t surprise me that sort of terror gave way to #punk and #burnitdown
I remember “duck and cover,” basically crouch down under your desk and cross your arms over the back of your head…to survive a nuclear blast…doesn’t surprise me that sort of terror gave way to #punk and #burnitdown
Nathan Salwen@arossp We used to have fire drills but they weren't that scary.