School Shooting in Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Just A Drill

"PHILLIPSBURG | Teachers dove for cover under tables and some feared for their lives Thursday during an unannounced drill that featured a gunman firing blanks in the Phillipsburg School District.
Organizers hailed the drill as a success, but some staff members remained shaken Friday.
"The only reason it was not the scariest day of my life was because it wasn't real," said a teacher, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal.
The so-called hostile intruder drill was conducted at the Phillipsburg Early Learning Center, where elementary teachers had gathered for a workshop before next week's opening of school.
The drill was coordinated between Phillipsburg police and school administrators to create a realistic scenario. It included an actor dressed as a gunman firing blanks, said acting Superintendent George Chando.
"It was done as means of assessing the security readiness," he said.
Bill Merrick, the school district's security director, said two unannounced drills have occurred before in the district, at both the middle and high schools. Thursday's drill, which occurred in a new building with which many staff members are unfamiliar, was a success, he said."
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