“We looked at some of those items because the training we had with the Madison Police Department at the start of the year,
Before the kids returned to campus, had some fresh updates. Therefore, I believe that everything was really new for our teachers.
“The performance of our kids in that procedure is beyond my comprehension. As we practice, we constantly emphasize, ‘This is a drill, it is just a drill.’
They were obviously afraid when they realized. “But they handled themselves brilliantly,” Wiers said. “They knew it was real when they heard, ‘Lockdown, lockdown,’ and nothing else.”
According to Barnes, three children and a teacher had non-life-threatening injuries, while two pupils are very ill with potentially fatal injuries.
