Lock Down

Well, we are starting to wonder where we have moved to (not really, it is a great area). Today the kids, who have been walking to school, came home and were all talking at once saying something really weird had happened at school today. It is strange for all of them want to talk to me right after school. When I got them to speak one at a time, this is what I got,

Adam--"Mom, today we had a lock down."

Me--"You mean you had a lock down drill."

A---"NO, some guy came into the school with a beebee gun and a baseball bat. It was a real lock down!"

Me--"Are you sure? How do you know?"

Adam--"After it was all over they came and told us all what had happened. It was the same guy who broke into the school last week (yes that is true too. keep in mind this school and all its surrounding neighborhoods are nice. this sort of thing just doesn't happen here)."

Me--"You're kidding!"

Liz--"NO, the police came and everything."

Me--"Were you guys scared?"

Adam--"NO, I just thought it was a drill, but then the police showed up."

Liz--"Yes. I thought it was real."

Anna--"At first I was, but then we thought it was a drill."

Me--What did you guys have to do?

Adam--"We had to all lay on the floor in the corner and they locked the door. We weren't supposed to talk, but some people were whispering. We had a sub today. After lunch our teacher told us the real story. The police came and took him away."

Anna--"We had to all huddle in the corner. We heard the guy yelling at the principal when we were walking down the hall."

Liz--"We all huddled in the corner behind the cabinet. Mrs. Wiese read to us."

Me--"Wow guys that freaks me out. I am not sure I want you to walk to school anymore."

Adam--"Well they got him and took him away. "

Anyway, that isn't the full conversation, but the gist of it. It does strike fear in this mother's heart. This really is a great community with great schools. I can't believe they actually had to use what they learned in their drills. Kudos to our principal for engaging the man as soon as he walked into the building through the front door. Turns out it really was a beebee gun and it wasn't loaded, but how could she know that.