Lock Down Drill

Tomorrow we're having a whole bunch of different "drills" and because my kids are a little slower, I thought I'd prepare them a bit by going over the procedures of what to do in each scenario. The Fire and Earthquake drill wasn't too hard to practice. However, when I started to explain what to do in a Lock Down Drill and why we'd have a Lock Down Drill. They started getting a little worried. They asked all sorts of questions about who could come into the school, and why they'd want to come in the school. I tried to put it simple without scaring them and really tried to emphasize how we do these things to keep us safe. I had one little boy raise his hand and ask...

"Mrs. Holden, my dad just got out of prison and he's not supposed to see me and my little sister. So if he came here to get me would, Mr... (our principal) put the school in Lock Down to keep us safe? I'm scared that he'd come after me!"

My heart just broke into pieces. These kiddos have to deal with so much I never even thought about at their age. I can't believe it sometimes. They are such good kids, but sometimes come from not such good backgrounds.