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Post by dhfl143 on Mar 5, 2014 15:21:24 GMT -5
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Post by healthy11 on Mar 5, 2014 17:12:40 GMT -5
What's misleading in the above situation is that the article referred to it as a fire drill, but it was an actual alarm triggered by a science experiment mishap.
As some people at Millermoms know, at my day job, I work for an engineering company that does post-fire investigations. I've seen the horrible results of people who die in buildings. When an alarm goes off, it's important for everyone to evacuate as quickly as possible; there's no time for someone to change from a swimsuit into street clothes.
The most unfortunate part about the above story is that when the girl asked to be allowed to wait inside an employee's car, or at the elementary school across the street, her request was denied. I suspect there was a school policy prohibiting kids from separating from their classmates during an alarm so that they could all be accounted for, and not getting into teacher's cars, lest it lead to a "compromising" situation, but rather than have a student freeze while standing wet outside, it does seem like better judgement could have been used. I think that a teacher could have asked another instructor to supervise her other students while she escorted the wet girl to the elementary school, then the teacher could return to be with the remainder of the kids in her class. It sounds like the school board is reviewing their policies now, and hopefully another situation like it won't happen again.
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