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We have been through the same thing here where I work several times. A note dropped in the hallway, something written on a boys room wall or a phone call.
By Massachusetts law we now have a masterplan for emergencies and all the administrators, including myself have been extensively trained by the local police departments and have attended all the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency training courses and are certified along with the Federal Emergency Management Agency as well (MA is way better at it than they are)
We hold lockdown drills even going to the extreme with several local police departments, the State Police and swat team from Connecticut and Rhode Island particpating in one memorable all day exercise with hostage taking and firing or actual weapons with blanks in the school. (One door was fired at and the blank from the 9mm shattered the glass as it was to close)
Scared the bejesuz out of the kids and staff and made them all realize what the dangers out there really are. Our security is very very tight when school is in session.
It's too bad but it's a reality we have to deal with in an open society where gun control for illegal weapons and tracking of those weapons, perverts and kids whose parents depend on the schools to discipline thier kids rather than taking responsibility and being a parent is in such a shambles.
( I am not anti-gun, responsible gun owners are not the problem it's the stuff kidz get illegally, how easy it is to get them and how many there are actually on the street that needs to be addressed.)
I never thought of working in schools as a dangerous occupation but it is a real viable threat and you can never know what is going through a 16 year old's mind. Sad really.
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