NEW RICHMOND MIDDLE SCHOOL
1135 Bethel-New Richmond Road
New Richmond, Ohio 45157-9507
513-553-3161
513-553-6412 Fax Court Lilly

Principal

 

Patricia Gulley
Guidance Counselor

Parents and Guardians.

i wanted to inform you all that we had an drilt today which is the practice of our response
for art active shootet in the building. The drill today was conducted primarily in the cafeteria
during our first lunch. For purposes of the dritl pose as the active shooter and utilize air horns
to simulate the noise level that would take place in a real event. We always invite first
responders to our drills and those who can attend do so that they can help in the debrief and
evaluation of the drill. Today we had representatives from the New Richmond Fire and EMS as
well as the Clermont County Sheriff?s department.

Today students were unclear of what kind of evacuation procedure to follow when leaving the
cafeteria which resulted in a chaotic few moments. During these moments a few students fell to
the ground and sustained some bumps and bruises and one student sustained a cut on her
eyebrow. It is regrettable that any students would ever be harmed white in our care so i first and
foremost want to apologize for putting them in that position. I would like to continue to say that
we learned a lot from our drill today and it is obvious that we need to develop an effective
evacuation plan for the number of students in our cafeteria. We will also practice the evacuation
plan with the students in a less stressful situation so they have the opportunity to experience
and understand the evacuation plan. The other item that I plan to address with our students
tomorrow is a sense of collaborative evacuation. Our goal is to ensure that everyone is out of
the building safety it we ever need to evacuate quickly and it became ciear today that we also
need to spend some time talking about the purpose of the drills and how to evacuate safely
together. We were beginning to hear stories of wild rumors of the drill today and I wanted you to
all hear the facts from me. if you have any further questions or concerns please contact me
directly and I will be happy to talk about ways to continue to keep all of our kids safe.

Sincerely.



Court Li

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