In this picture above~you can just barely see our old house in the upper right hand corner (actually our old
Yes you heard me we had ANOTHER lock down yesterday!! This has happened twice since we have lived here 11 or so years now! and this is Snowflake~this kind of thing doesn't happen here!
So weird!!!
The first time was the day of Kacie's baby shower and we had to be in the Valley by 7pm well the kids weren't released until around 5pm so we ended up being an hour late to her own shower!!
That lock down didn't have anything to do with a student with a gun it was someone on the outside that they knew to be walking around NEAR the school with a weapon who was traveling through the town and this incident just happened to take place here after he wrecked his car into a wall!
And yesterday, apparently a girl saw a student with a gun tucked in his belt. She ran and told the resource officer, and that is when the police were called. This all started at around noon. Madison was in Seminary and Chandlar was in his weights class. Madison had her phone so she and I could stay in touch, Chandlar on the other hand didn't have his cell phone, so needless to say I was frantic for a few hours until he was able to borrow someones phone to call me (they were stuck in the weights room dressed out with no backpacks IE cell phones).
At one point there was an announcement to have all the students stay at their desks and to stay away from the doors and windows. Then the Swat Team came to each classroom and searched in all the cabinets and under desks etc. with a HUGE gun (as Madison described)~ then one class at a time was escorted by policemen to the auditorium until all of the students were there together. They stayed there watching "Kung Fu Panda" until all of the kids were questioned and backpacks were searched. They were finally released to go around 5 ish.
The Seminary Students stayed in the Seminary Building. Madison was all bent out of shape because the other kids got to watch a a fun movie and all they had was "Work and The Glory"!!
I said no worries Madison if anything happens it'll be you guys that are translated!!
The Seminary Students were finally released out the back door one at a time to their parents!
The school was blocked off for 3 blocks around it! They had called in all police and fire departments from here, Show Low, Holbrook and then the Swat Team, DPS and The National Guard were here also.
When it was time to go pick up Tess who's school is right across the street from the High School, they made all of the parents park down a side street and the kids had either a fireman or police escort to their parents.
This was all a very scary situation that could have been a very tragic one! As far as we have heard and in the letter the HS sent home to parents no one was ever arrested and no gun was found. We feel very comforted that the school erred on the side of caution and that their first priority were the kids! One never knows when something like this could be a very serious situation and we feel safe knowing that there are certain protocols in place so the students are protected!! I was just very happy to have all of my kids home safe last night and hope that this NEVER happens again!
