posted on Feb, 9 2008 @ 08:07 AM
That is definitely a strange letter to receive home from school. We haven't received anything similar from either of my children's schools, but
one thing that is making my skin crawl is the new "lockdown" drills they are doing at the 2 different schools my kids attend.
My oldest son is 15, so basically we've been dealing with the school system for about 11 years. Out of the blue, around October of this year, my
kids came home talking about "Lockdown", and how they had to hide in their classrooms. I questioned the school the next day and was told they were
doing Lockdown drills...basically, all doors into the school are locked, all classroom doors locked, and all students are designated a place to
'hide' (cloakroom, under desk etc). They said its a mandatory drill that all schools are doing here now in light of the school shootings, crime in
our area etc.
I totally agree they should have some sort of plan in place...but as far as I can research, these school shootings started over 10 years ago. So
either our school board is WAY behind the eight ball in implementing these plans, or there is deeper meaning behind these new drills.
The other thing that happened recently was in around September we received a pamphlet in the mail from our ministry of health about Pandemic Flu. In
my 34 years of life we've never gotten anything in the mail from the ministry...not even when SARS was right on our doorstep. I know it could just
be a normal way to get info out to the public, but it just seemed so sinister...especially the back of the pamphlet telling you to stock up on certain
things because you may not be able to leave the house if a pandemic flu hits...something along those lines anyhow
Michelle