High-intensity drills include using performances of victims or shooters, fake blood and the use of weapons or explosives.
CALIFORNIA, USA — Landon Block remembers sitting in his eighth-grade history class, the day after the Parkland shooting, when the stress and anxiety of a potential school shooting hit him.
“I was scanning all around the room for potential exits where I would go if something happened. And I realized that that isn’t something (sic) I should be doing,” Block said. “It shouldn’t be something I’m doing, let alone in a place where I’m supposed to learn and feel safe.”
At the same time, active school shooter drills have been a part of the 20-year-old’s life since he started school.
While the drills are designed to help prepare students for the danger and chaos of a school shooter, a lack of standardized regulations has led to the drills themselves causing added stress.