Lockdown!

A while back I wrote about how we were preparing for a lockdown drill at our school. Well about six weeks after first talking about it, we finally had one today. We practiced a few times as a class because the first two test-runs involved a lot of rushing, yelling, and pushing. When it came time for the actual drill, the kids moved quickly and quietly into our hiding corner while I grabbed my emergency backpack, locked the door, and turned off the lights. Since I don't have windows to the outside world, it was shockingly dark in my room. We all huddled together and sat still and silent... for about 60 seconds. It's amazing how six year olds can't sit in one place for any extended period of time. I told them they could close their eyes and fall asleep if they wanted, and I ended up with the kids all leaning on one-another in a giant restless dog pile. Boy were they squirmy - for the whole twenty minutes that we had to sit in the dark! Compared to past lockdowns, apparently that's nothing. Some drills have lasted an hour or more. I can't even imagine.