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Schools safe enough during emergencies?
Schools safe enough during emergencies?
Should we be looking into "safe rooms" or storm shelters, etc at least for schools in tornado ally? Huddling in hallways doesn't seem to work that good. There were tornado's today but not around my school. It was raining really hard. And there were tornado warnings for other counties.The principals and the teachers thought it was a real tornado so they were running down the halls telling kids to get out of class. They were making everyone scared and some of us were at lunch. They made us go into the auditorium by the front where there are glass windows and doors, then they made us go into the halls where there is big glass windows and glass doors and some of the kids were only a few feet from the door even though they were telling us to get down. I think if it was a real tornado we would have all died cause there is no where to go and everyone was scared. Kids were just running through the halls scared and mad. The roof fell in the cafeteria and the lighs went out for a while. Don't you think schools should have shelters?
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The safest place, the experts tell us, during a tornado is underground.
When building something like a school the school board has to weigh the cost versus the risk. The cost of building a school with a full basement is extremely high. Add to that the cost of engineering it to be strong enough to with stand the effects of an F3 tornado and the costs go even higher.
Like everything else in life cost is equal to risk versus cost factors. A traffic light at a intersection is 3 to 5 fatal accidents before a state or county will spend the money for a traffic light on a local street intersection. The same equation is used to an extent in building the type of school you want.
As another advisor stated your parents, collectively, need to tell the department of education what they want in a school building. If all they want is a building that is functional for what it is being used for that is what will be built. If they want a community safe haven for storms. Then the board of education must build a school that is also a storm shelter to protect the students and residents of the community.
You and your fellow students can start this movement towards a safer school. Local news media will pick up on your activism and the school board will have to take notice. Many of your parents will join in your activism. Activism starts with one person and some thing to act for. In this case you can be the person to start calling for safer schools.
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You make a very good point: Glass can be very dangerous, when flying at you.
I think you should explain this to your parents. The reason I say this, is because the school board/principals get terribly nervous when parent's approach them about the health and welfare of their children, and have to take them seriously.
There is no doubt that the principle, running around and screaming like an idiot, scared children. It's completely natural to be scared, but their job as the head, and authority figure is to keep everyone calm.
I think you should let your parents know, and convince them to talk to your local government, and the principle, and explain their fears.
Of course however, in an ideal world, every school would be perfectly weather proof and perfect. But schools don't have money, so you must take that into account. But it does seem like there needs to be measures put in place, to ensure the welfare of the children, especially if you live in a tornado prone area.
Good Luck!
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