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Teachers stage fake gun attack on kids
charlotte.com ^ | 05/13/07 | AP

Posted on 05/13/2007 3:04:17 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Staff members of an elementary school staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables.

The mock attack Thursday night was intended as a learning experience and lasted five minutes during the weeklong trip to a state park, said Scales Elementary School Assistant Principal Don Bartch, who led the trip.

"We got together and discussed what we would have done in a real situation," he said.

But parents of the sixth-grade students were outraged.

"The children were in that room in the dark, begging for their lives, because they thought there was someone with a gun after them," said Brandy Cole, whose son went on the trip.

Some parents said they were upset by the staff's poor judgment in light of the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech that left 33 students and professors dead, including the gunman.

During the last night of the trip, staff members convinced the 69 students that there was a gunman on the loose. They were told to lie on the floor or hide underneath tables and stay quiet. A teacher, disguised in a hooded sweat shirt, even pulled on locked door.

After the lights went out, about 20 kids started to cry, 11-year-old Shay Naylor said.

"I was like, 'Oh My God,' " she said. "At first I thought I was going to die. We flipped out."

Principal Catherine Stephens declined to say whether the staff members involved would face disciplinary action, but said the situation "involved poor judgment."


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
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To: WorkingClassFilth

I missed the fun of the nuclear duck and cover drills, but we got a steady dose of tornado duck and covers growing up in Green Bay, WI.

Still seems odd looking back, but not as odd as worrying about protecting yourself from falling debris from nukes.


21 posted on 05/13/2007 3:25:58 PM PDT by sbMKE
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To: TornadoAlley3

What can you say? ^#%$tards.


22 posted on 05/13/2007 3:27:43 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny
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To: TornadoAlley3

Let the lawsuits begin!


23 posted on 05/13/2007 3:29:02 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Homeschooling: giving a better education and avoiding fascist-government indoctrination)
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To: ozzymandus

“What could they have been thinking that would justify this?”

IMO the only thing that would justify telling anyone, let alone young kids like this, that they were in imminent danger is if it were real. What they did was criminal.


24 posted on 05/13/2007 3:29:20 PM PDT by driftdiver
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To: TornadoAlley3

Home of Barrett Rifles.

25 posted on 05/13/2007 3:29:23 PM PDT by James W. Fannin
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To: driftdiver

dd—I agree with you. My post to Working Class Filth was a response to the memory of our atomic bomb Cold War days, when we thought life could end at any moment in a blinding flash.

As for these birdbrains in Tennessee, they should have been fired when they got off the bus when it arrived back in town.


26 posted on 05/13/2007 3:29:45 PM PDT by exit82 (Sheryl Crow is on a roll)
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To: DakotaRed
The only training they need at schools is a few responsible adults armed and with good aim.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Chow Down Red.

I AM with you. Front Sight has offered free training to teachers who security designates for their schools, http://www.frontsight.com

And maybe each one of those kids will apply for a concealed carry permit the minute they turn 18.

27 posted on 05/13/2007 3:29:48 PM PDT by Candor7
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To: TornadoAlley3
Image hosted by Photobucket.com where do these people come from... and more importantly, who the hell hires them???

fire the lot of them.

28 posted on 05/13/2007 3:30:10 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist)
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To: ozzymandus
What could they have been thinking that would justify this?

when someone has shyt for brains, their thynkyng pretty much stynks.

29 posted on 05/13/2007 3:30:27 PM PDT by Migraine (...diversity is great... until it happens to YOU...)
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To: driftdiver
Duck and cover from nuclear attack or tornadoes is one thing.

Especially since everyone knew it was just a drill. (I remember being amused at the thought that covering over heads under our desks would somehow help us in the event of a Russian ICBM attack).

30 posted on 05/13/2007 3:30:37 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: James W. Fannin

Man, I have been wanting one of those for the last 5 years.


31 posted on 05/13/2007 3:31:55 PM PDT by Candor7
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To: Candor7

I’m just wondering if there were some extra “anti-gun” attitude in this drama. Some of the kids might have had parents working at Barrett.


32 posted on 05/13/2007 3:32:47 PM PDT by James W. Fannin
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To: TornadoAlley3
If I were a parent of one of those kids, I'd take them out and teach them to shoot. Then I'd quietly inform the school of exactly that. Let the teachers worry if the kids might be packing.

"Gosh officer, I didn't know it was a drill!"

33 posted on 05/13/2007 3:32:52 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (Duncan Hunter for President)
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To: Chode
They walk among us.

Click here

34 posted on 05/13/2007 3:33:04 PM PDT by bmwcyle (Satan is working both sides of the street in World Socialism and World Courts.)
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To: TornadoAlley3
First of all, a week of nothing but teachers and students day and night is not a good idea. For either group.

During the last night of the trip, staff members convinced the 69 students that there was a gunman on the loose.

Cruel and heartless bullies.

Principal Catherine Stephens declined to say whether the staff members involved would face disciplinary action, but said the situation "involved poor judgment."

Ya' think?!!

35 posted on 05/13/2007 3:33:40 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Too blessed to be stressed.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

I thought making terroristic threats was a felony, maybe not if you are a member of the teachers union.


36 posted on 05/13/2007 3:34:46 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (Free speech for thee, but not for me?)
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To: TornadoAlley3

This wasn’t thought out but I’m not so sure it isn’t a good idea. When we had fire drills we never knew if it was real or not and were expected to act accordingly. If parents are brought in the loop and the children aren’t frightened, I could see this as a good drill. I’m not impressed with the hiding though. If a fire or bomb threat, what do you do? You get them out.


37 posted on 05/13/2007 3:35:13 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: TornadoAlley3

What the hell is wrong with these people?
Preparedness is a good thing, but expecting 7 year olds to bear the weight of the world?
Its one thing for the staff to prepare. Its another thing to drag children kicking and screaming into the cold light of day.
Let the kids be kids for crying out loud


38 posted on 05/13/2007 3:36:38 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Now I understand why teachers will not let guns on campus!
A responsible person with a weapon could of killed the teacher with the fake gun if the teachers went that far.
39 posted on 05/13/2007 3:38:14 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: CindyDawg
If someone is going to threaten my child to the point that they honestly believe that their life is in danger then they are guilty of child abuse. I will hate them as I would hate anyone else that would threaten my child's life and act accordingly.
They screwed up and went way over the line. If I had been around as they were doing this I would have “Neutralized” the threat with great prejudice!
40 posted on 05/13/2007 3:40:05 PM PDT by oldenuff2no
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