After the Virginia Tech shooting, training for teachers in NC included the watching of an “Active Shooter” video and then the discussion of the proper procedure should such an eventuality occur. The “plan” includes turning out your classroom lights, lining up against the wall (closest to the door), remaining quiet in the room and acting as if “there is no one home.”
I can’t tell you how comforting it was to know there were things I could do in case there was a “Columbine situation” going on in my school.
I hate having to watch that video. I always think when I see the part where the administrator is unlocking the box to get his emergency plan out that he ought to be getting out a 1911.