Tuesday...the fire alarms scream 1st period; students (and teacher) nearly jump out of their skin and look at one another. "This is not a drill...let's go...we got to get out of the building." The building is evacuated, my class meets in its designated area (yea, we all made it out alive), and we wait and wonder as fire trucks race into the school lot. Roughly twenty minutes later administration waves students and teachers back into the building. Announcement: "For your information, the fire alarms were triggered by an experiment taking place in one of the science rooms. We will proceed with our normal day."
Thursday...the fire alarms scream 4th period; teachers look at one another, curse the science department and continue to sit. We wait for an announcement that the science department has once again triggered the alarm. No announcement is made and students are being evacuated from the building. DAMN! I take my time; grab my coat and an umbrella. We stand in the cold rain for a little longer than 30 minutes; four students from my fourth hour class find me (this class has a split lunch)...I hope the remaining eight made it out of the building. Rumor has it there was a fire in one of the art classrooms. Finally, we get clearance to go inside...students have never looked so excited to walk into a school building! No announcement has been made to the entire school, but a credible source has informed me that there was smoke in an art classroom...smoke from a burnt bag of popcorn. Grrr...
The positive...well, at least we know the alarm system works well, that our kids can get themselves out of the building in a short amount of time, and the fire department responds very quickly.
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I was going to write a similar blog about these wonderful evacuations...which were just sooo much fun.
We actually had to go outside twice. Someone waved us back inside, and then a different person told us all to go BACK OUTSIDE. So, that was a treat...trying to convince students to go back outside.
FYI, I also heard the popcorn rumor. I also heard which student was supposedly responsible for the popcorn, and I hope that kid doesn't get too much crap from everyone else.
You know the fire department loves us right now!
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