Category: by Garett Taub ’18

On December 6th 2013, BSGE had their first lockdown drill.  BSGE, along with many other schools, decided to implement these drills in order to prepare for emergencies during which intruders, such as armed gunmen, trespass onto school premises. On the 6th, Ms. Johnson announced over the loud-speaker, “We are now in soft lockdown.” This signaled that students and teachers were supposed to go to the part of the room where someone in the hallways could not see them. To further protect the class, safety shields were put up over the glass windows on the door in order to prevent the intruder from seeing into the windows on the doors. During soft lockdown, all the classroom doors and exterior building doors are locked. Any visitors at BSGE are asked to