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‘Run, Hide, Fight’ mindset making way into US schools

By: The Associated Press, policeone.com

BALTIMORE — The actions of students who died tackling gunmen at two U.S. campuses a week apart have been hailed as heroic. At a growing number of schools around the country, they also reflect guidance to students, at least in some situations, to do what they can to disrupt shootings.

A majority of school districts have now embraced such an approach, with experts saying educators need to give staff and students as many options as possible in the worst-case scenario.

Participants rush out of the cafeteria after hearing gun shots during a lockdown exercise at Milford High School in Milford, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
“In all honesty, I don’t know of another strategy,” said teacher Kelly Chavis, whose Rock Hill, South Carolina, school endorses a strategy known as Avoid, Deny, Defend. “What else would you do if you did not try to get away in a situation?”

 

Full story: https://www.policeone.com/school-violence/articles/483823006-Run-Hide-Fight-mindset-making-way-into-US-schools/