The school shooting that wasn’t: When a lockdown isn’t worth it
A news investigation put my kids’ school on lockdown. Where’s the line between keeping kids safe and scaring them?
A week before Christmas my children’s school called. An automated voice said police were sweeping the Kirkwood High School campus. There had been a report of shots fired. If my children had not left home yet, they were to stay there. If they were en route, they were told to turn back.
