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He was monitoring a lockdown drill.
Recently, before the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., the high school I attend had a lockdown drill (lights off, doors closed).
"There was an announcement telling us that there was going to be a hard lockdown drill," he told me.
At Marlboro High School, also in South Jersey, the lockdown drill has become almost as familiar as a fire drill.
That's because every few months, my daughter's school, like others across the country, conducts a "lockdown" drill to prepare for a school shooting.
High school students in Littleton now have a new excuse to get out of class for a few extra minutes: the lockdown drill.
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Lockdown drills, active shooter drills.
Apart from lockdown drills, there have been few changes in security procedures.
My daughter has been included in lockdown drills since she was 4 months old.
Their lives are structured around play dates, test prep and lockdown drills.
Although the school year is relatively new, the younger children had already participated in lockdown drills.
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