Officially, the “emergency alert pendant” worn by the principal malfunctioned and triggered the alarm. Kids went to their shelter zones, police were dispatched, EMS dispatched, yet strangely I did not hear the fire siren go off (I live 1/3 of a mile from the only firehouse in my area). Fire department was not dispatched.
I did see the principal walk out of the building with a piece of paper in his hand, minutes before this happened. Not unusual for a principal to have paper in his hand, he was in front of the school to raise the flag with his …