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
We have discussed this on FR before and yeah the teachers needed to be prepared and armed but kids do too. They need strong leaders that can give them cues on what to do. IMO
“But parents of the sixth-grade students were outraged”
.......they are 11 yr. olds, but what you said still applies.