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How schools are teaching our kids to be prepared for active shooters
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Zack Marley, school resource officer at West Hall High School, takes a position at the front of the school moments before students leave for the day Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. - photo by Scott Rogers
In a Level 3 lockdown drill in local schools, students and teachers run into classrooms to give the impression of a quiet, deserted building. Elizabeth Burnette’s daughters know that “in case someone wants to come in and kill us, we need to know to hide under the teachers desk,” Burnette said, relaying the words of her girls, who attend a Gainesville elementary school.