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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2006-10-18, Page 7News `Code red' drill held at CHSS in wake of shootings The Huron Expositor • October 18, 2006 Page 7 In the wake of two North American school shootings, Central Huron Secondary School (CHSS) held a "code red" drill. last week to pre- pare staff and students for the possibility of an armed intruder. While the code red plan has been part of the Avon Maitland District School Board's standard operating procedures since the Taber, Alta., school shooting in 1999, principal Herb Klassen said the drill was a first for CHSS. "It's happened twice in North America in the last month, so it's definitely worth looking at," he com- mented. "I've been at this a long time and I've never had a code red, but if it ever does happen, we want everyone to understand what it is, and what they need to do." When a 'code red' is declared over the school's public address system, the entire school will be locked down. "As soon as they hear a - code red announced, staff are to lock the door of their classroom, turn the lights off and move all students away from the visible line of sight of the corridor," Klassen explained. "Students in the hallways are to go to the closest avail- able room and those in the cafeteria will be taken into the food area with cafeteria staff." The code red procedure was explained to students by Klassen twice before the drill, and again by each classroom teacher. He reported no response from students or their par- ents. "Probably in their lifetime they will never hear a real code red, which is good, but I. think they understand how important it is to have the drill," he said. "I4's something I'm going to continue to do every year along with our fire drills because there are always new staff and students com- ing in." Similar drills are planned for the "safe - area procedure" at St. Anne's sometime this year, said principal Chris Roehrig. "The idea is that when the procedure is initiat- ed, students will go to a safe area and are locked in," he explained. - "We have,. drilled the prdcedum in th rpast, and we do 'plan on doing it again this year once or twice. We want to get to the point where students are comfortable and know exactly where to go." Roehrig said the safe area procedure would be initiated at the school if' there was a "believed threat to the safety of the school community." 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A distinct bell and announcement are used to signal initiation. Seaforth Public School principal Kim Black said, while code red drills do hap- pen at the public school level, they are not as obvi- ous bvious to the students. While students are not told they are practising to protect themselves from armed intruders, homeroom teachers do practise going into the classrooms with the students, locking the doors, blocking any windows in the classroom door and opening up the curtains so emer- gency personnel can see inside. "We try to stay away from practising in connection with any news events y because that's very scary for the students," she said. Black said code red drills are done once a year, along with two tornado drills and six fire drills each school year. by Jennifer Hubbard with files from Susan Hundertmark You know =where you're .going. Have confidence that we'll help show you the way. 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