These efforts, taken by multiple organizations, have resulted in several valuable reports that provide a comprehensive— if somewhat overwhelming— look at school shooting data of the past. School officials and first responders should familiarize themselves with these statistics even as they maintain an all-hazards approach to emergency planning.
By now nearly all schools have planned their response to nearly 90 percent of public schools had a written plan for responding to school shootings, and 70 percent of those schools had drilled students on the plan. school shootings: In 2016, the CDC found.
This is for good reason: Shootings are among the most deadly types of emergencies a school may face, and one recent study even found that school shootings are increasing on college campuses.
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Does anyone think this applies to schools in Wicomico County? The CDC says 90% of schools have written plans and 70% of the schools with written plans have done drills. There is an additional key term called Fidelity testing. How well was the plan followed during the "exercise"? I hope it is being done however I doubt it.
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