Thank God none of the teachers had weak hearts. I could easily see someone having died of a heart attack from that little stunt. I'm all for preparedness drills, and unannounced fire drills even seem appropriate to me, but this was waaaaay over the top. And an alleged safety officer should know better than to shoot blanks at people. I've never held a gun in my life and even *I* know that people can be injured from blanks being shot at close range. That is horrible, and I hope whoever thought up this drill was fired or, at the very least, severely punished and also required to go through some *real* safety training.
No joy with this one,
Lynn
