School Drills

NYSED releases new protocols for emergency drills in schools

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WKBW) — There is just one more week until students are back in the classroom and with a new school year comes new safety ...

ORS 336.071 – Emergency drills and instruction - OregonLaws

All schools are required to instruct and drill students on emergency procedures so that the students can respond to an emergency without confusion or panic.

Lockdown Drills Help Children Feel Safer In School, Study Finds

Mass shooting lockdown drills help children who have been exposed to violence feel safer at school, according to a new study.

NY schools must notify parents before lockdown drills under new rules

New York education officials are responding to calls for changes in school lockdown drill requirements out of concern about their impact on ...

Lockdown Drills for 2024-25 School Year | News Post

Four lockdown drills and eight fire drills are required each year (advanced fire drill notification is not required). Schools will make direct ...

How Classroom Door Lockdown Drills Save Students and Teachers ...

An active shooter situation is everyone's worst nightmare. How can you ensure your child's safety at school? Find out how classroom door lockdown drills ...

The Impact of Active Shooter Drills in Schools - Everytown Research

Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund (Everytown), in partnership with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education ...

School fire exit drill information - Texas Department of Insurance

Campus administrators must conduct regular fire drills. Along with fire drills, public, private, and parochial school administrators are ...

School Shooter Drills: Is There a Right Way to Do Them?

The mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has added new fuel to long-running conversations about drills schools use to prepare for shootings: how ...

Can School Lockdowns Save Lives? An Assessment of Drills and ...

Mass shootings in schools raise important questions about how best to keep individuals safe and increase survivability in such situations. One of the most.

NY school lockdown drills: parents to be notified before, avoid trauma

Starting this fall, New York schools will have to develop procedures for notifying parents ahead of lockdown drills and will have to make sure that drills do ...

Emergency Drills / Emergency Drills Information

Our School · Emergency DrillsEmergency Drills; Emergency Drills Information. In an emergency: when you hear it, do it! PPS Emergency Plan. For more ...

Advocate For Your School to Reconsider Active Shooter Drills

It's difficult to find a student in the United States who hasn't experienced at least one active shooter drill throughout their schooling, ...

Safety Drills | Safety & Security Details - Gilbert Public Schools

The types of emergency drill exercises include fire drills, lockdown drills, and student-parent reunification practice drills.

Multi-hazard Practice Drills - California - State Policy Database

State law requires districts to implement multi-hazard practice drills (eg, fire, lockdown, active shooter, or evacuation drills) without requiring inter- ...

95% of public schools conduct active shooter drills. Are students ...

Lockdown drills aimed at preparing students to protect themselves from school shooters do more to stir kids' anxiety than their sense of ...

The Trauma of Active Shooter Drills - ADDitude

Donna Provencher of Texas was shocked when her eight-year-old son, who was diagnosed with ADHD, a clinical anxiety disorder, ...

When disabled kids are left behind in school shooting drills

School emergency planning often fails to account for disabilities, with traumatic consequences for children and their parents.

School Safety Drills - Sesame Workshop

Safety drills have become a necessary part of classroom life. Here's a way to explain the whats, whys, and hows of such routines.