A series of drills upset school day

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Students gather in the big gym for the tornado drill.

Megan Lawson, Ranger Review Reporter, and Sports Editor

Lewis-Palmer High School experienced two planned drills and one real drill on Thursday the 27th of September.

Students came to school and were put into a planned fire drill during their 5th period class. Then moving into the 6th period class there was a planned lock down drill.

The lock down drill was for the El Paso Country K-9 unit to come and do a walk through. Students were not allowed to leave classrooms for approximately 40 minutes.

As the last period of the day rolled around there was an announcement over the intercom informing all students and faculty to make their way to the big gym for a tornado warning.

“We were not expecting a tornado warning,” principal Sandi Brandl said. “the whole district was affected and had to go into a tornado drill.”

Students didn’t know if the tornado warning was real or just a drill. Some believed that the school was like the story “The Boy who Cried Wolf” because after two drills the third one was real.

“I was on the verge of crying,” senior Joe Dell said. “I called my mom and left a voicemail telling her that I loved her. I’m really glad that I got out safe and that we were not hit by the tornado that was in Larkspur.”

Having three drills in one day had somewhat of a toll on teachers and students.

“I didn’t like having everything happen today. I had a lot of homework and I didn’t have time to do my work in my classes because they were shortened.” freshman Josh Hoffer said.

After a long day at school the students got released a few minutes early.