Highland Elementary students and staff participated in mandatory emergency training drills Monday morning. “State law requires that we do training, so we do some in the classroom and then we actually do some practice,” said Highland Principal Chris Trostad. “Teachers all did some training in class and the students would come out and get the opportunity to evacuate the playground and use the emergency exit on the bus.”
Training continued into the afternoon when Highland School staff performed a soft lockdown of the school that was to simulate another possible emergency. The training, required by the state, will help prepare staff and students in the unfortunate event there would be an emergency at Highland or on a bus route.
School Resource Office Don Rasicot explains drill to third graders
Don Rasicot and Chris Trostad help students evacuate a bus during training Monday
