Lockdowns in a School Setting
Part I
Three things I like about my school district’s lockdown plan are that: 1) it is direct and does not use codes, 2) there are two types of lockdown alerts—one for warning and one for intruders, and 3) there are special lockdown considerations in case the alert occurs between periods, during the lunch hour, during the pre-school hours or during the post-school hours.
Three things that I would suggest be changed about the lockdown plan are: 1) there is no warning as to where the intruder is. A communication strategy should be developed that gives teachers a heads up on where the intruder was last cited. Cameras would help to validate this information. 2) The lockdown plan does not include a process for isolating the dangerous incident or removing students and teachers from the threat on campus. 3) Teachers are told to prepare a list of missing students but there is no way to communicate with other staff to let teachers know if a missing student has been picked up, and this can cause unnecessary stress and strain on faculty and the students’ peers.
The lockdown plan does relate needed material in a short amount of time with as few words as possible. For a dangerous situation on campus happening among students, the alert consists of: “Lockdown warning,” and this is repeated several times over the course of a minute. Immediately, teachers are prompted to enter into lockdown protocol. However, there is no way for teachers to communicate with one another or with the administration other than through the use of cell phones. A special system should be available that allows teachers and staff to communicate directly in case there...
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