Platte River Academy
Lockdown Drill - Today (10/2) 2:30pm
10/02/24, 2:31 PM
Dear Parents,
At approximately 2:30pm, we will be conducting a lockdown drill in our school. This is only a drill. If you are on or around the PRA campus you may see an increase of law enforcement vehicles, and we do not want this to be alarming for parents.
For safety reasons, we did not provide prior notice of today's drill. The goals of the lockdown drills are to improve our ability to protect students, save lives, and reduce injuries in the event of a crisis. When conducting these drills, we work closely with the local authorities to implement the best possible safety practices. This is the type of response we would engage should a situation arise that could jeopardize the physical safety of students and staff. Staff and students have been trained to wait for a police officer to release them in the event of a lockdown. This is the method we will use to release from the lockdown today. For your awareness, we conduct lockdown drills each semester. These drills last 7-10 minutes and are in conjunction with the school district and local authorities.
In preparing this communication, I realize that even the mention of the word "lockdown" introduces unwelcome thoughts and raises questions and concerns. I hope you will find the knowledge that we practice our response to crises to be reassuring. Please remind your child that concern regarding safety within our school should be immediately reported to me or another staff member. If you have any questions or need further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Director of Operations
