[Jayhawkk]

Teachers Stage Fake Gun Attack on Kids

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Staff members of an elementary school staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables.

The mock attack Thursday night was intended as a learning experience and lasted five minutes during the weeklong trip to a state park, said Scales Elementary School Assistant Principal Don Bartch, who led the trip.

"We got together and discussed what we would have done in a real situation," he said.

But parents of the sixth-grade students were outraged.

"The children were in that room in the dark, begging for their lives, because they thought there was someone with a gun after them," said Brandy Cole, whose son went on the trip.

Some parents said they were upset by the staff's poor judgment in light of the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech that left 33 students and professors dead, including the gunman.

During the last night of the trip, staff members convinced the 69 students that there was a gunman on the loose. They were told to lie on the floor or hide underneath tables and stay quiet. A teacher, disguised in a hooded sweat shirt, even pulled on locked door.

After the lights went out, about 20 kids started to cry, 11-year-old Shay Naylor said.

"I was like, 'Oh My God,' " she said. "At first I thought I was going to die. We flipped out."

Principal Catherine Stephens declined to say whether the staff members involved would face disciplinary action, but said the situation "involved poor judgment."

[bioman]

Poor judgement?!! It's so poor it's completely comical.


And hiding under your desk just makes you a more ideal target.

[TINYTOAD]

I'd like to see the same bunch of dumbasses stage a fake gun attack on a bunch of heavily armed police officers.

-TT

[sdmf45]

Originally Posted by TINYTOAD

I'd like to see the same bunch of dumbasses stage a fake gun attack on a bunch of heavily armed police officers.

-TT

Or stage a fake gun attack in miami, most of those kids are probably carrying....

[yeahright]

[anabolicrhino]

somebody call a lawyer ?

[DecaDone]

Yea, I could just imagine the liability issues if one of the students hurt themselves attempting to escape via 2nd or 3rd story window

[Zero Tolerance]

Damn. I wish this could have happened to me in school. I would have said I had school phobia and never went back.

[Customizer]

Originally Posted by Jayhawkk

Principal Catherine Stephens declined to say whether the staff members involved would face disciplinary action, but said the situation "involved poor judgment."

Jesus. "...involved poor judgement" was all she could muster up???

[bioman]

I have to wonder if this is a reprint from The Onion? It's that hard to believe.

[Chad]

i would be really pissed. if my son was in school and his teachers pulled something like that id have to go down there and give them the real GUN scare. LOL

[PumpingIron]

I don't know how I feel about this.

It is true, as I've seen it on quite a few major news sites.

Stupid, none the less, but it has possibilities.

[bioman]

It's kinda like that episode of SCRUBS where the janitor scares the kids in the Pediatric ward by running through the aisles dressed as a ghost in the middle of the night.

[brass monkey]

Wow hard to believe theses people are in charge of educating children.