This document contains questions and answers about lockdown procedures for various schools. It discusses how a lockdown is announced, where students in the halls should go, what the red card means (need for emergency assistance), how administration knows if an intruder is in a classroom, that doors should not be unlocked for anyone during a lockdown, and actions teachers and administrators should take including announcing the lockdown, turning off lights and bells, closing doors and blinds, moving students out of sight, and placing cards in windows and under doors.

1. D.S. Johnson Elementary

2.  May 31, 2012
 February 1, 2012
 January 24, 2012
 May 25, 2012
 April 4, 2012
 March 18, 2012
 March 13, 2012
 Southern Durham, Spring
Valley, Oak Groove
 Seventy-First High, Loyd
Aumen, Seventy-First
Middle
 WakeTech,Vance
Elementary
 Mary Scruggs Elementary
 JH Rose High
 ECU
 Eastern Elementary,Trinity
Christian

3.  March 15, 2012
 March 20, 2012
 April 26, 2012
 March 30, 2010
 December 8, 2009
 February 5, 2008
 Southern Nash High
 Southern Nash High
 Benvenue, Englewood,
Winstead
 Rocky Mount
 West Edgecombe
 Parker

4.  How do you know the school is in lockdown?
 Where do students in the hall go?
 The multipurpose room?
 The cafeteria?
 The media center?
 The bathroom?
 Outside?

5.  What does the red card mean?
 What are the two (2) ways administration will
know the intruder is in your room?
 Who should you unlock your door for during a
lockdown?
 List 3 things that should be done by teachers
and/or administrators during a lockdown.

6.  How do you know the school is in lockdown?
 Principal or designee will announce that the school is
in lock down mode.
 Where do students in the hall go?
 Every student who is out of class, but inside the
building, is to go to the nearest occupied classroom.
 The multipurpose room?
▪ Find a safe secure place in the multipurpose room.
 The cafeteria?
▪ Back into the serving/kitchen area.

7.  The media center?
▪ One of the classrooms/offices in the back.
 The bathroom?
▪ The nearest occupied classroom, even if it is not their
classroom.
 Outside?
▪ If students are already outside of the building, move them to
a safe and inconspicuous area until otherwise instructed.
(Ideally out of view of the school)
 What does the red card mean?
 Emergency assistance is needed as soon as possible.

8.  What are the two (2) ways administration will
know the intruder is in your room?
 No card is displayed in the window or under the
door.
 Include the principal’s name in your response
when contacted by the office.
 Who should you unlock your door for during a
lockdown?
 No one, anyone who needs access will have a key.

9.  List 3 things that should be done by teachers
and/or administrators during a lockdown.
 Announce the lockdown
 Turn off the bell system
 Check the hallway for students
 Close and lock all doors
 Turn off lights
 Close blinds
 Move students out of sight
 Place appropriate card in window and under door
 Contact all classrooms.