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 * Objective 30: Conduct and evaluate a school emergency drill**

emergency plan in place in the event of a tornado warning. Before conducting the tornado drill I did not realize how much organization and communication goes into conducting a tornado drill. While the tornado drill was effective at moving the students from classrooms into the hallways there are a couple of improvements that I would recommend. Once the students entered the hallways there was confusion over where they should sit and the proper position to take in an attempt to avoid injury from debris. Each class should be assigned a specific location in the hallway to sit. This measure would keep all of the classes together. Teachers should also model the proper sitting position to take before the drill occurs. This could be done through the use of a safety video that would be shown to all classes. Currently, John Battle conducts one practice tornado drill at the beginning of the school year. I would recommend increasing the amount of practice drills and performing them closer to the spring time when tornadoes are more likely to occur.
 * Date || Time started || Time ended || Number of hours || Description of activities ||
 * 03/02/12 ||= 9:30 ||= 10:30 ||= 1 || Conducted a tornado drill at John S. Battle High School. ||
 * 05/09/12 ||= 10:30 ||= 12:00 ||= 1.5 || Recorded ideas for improving the tornado drill. ||
 * 08/17/12 ||= 9:00 ||= 10:00 ||= 1 || Conducted a fire drill at John S. Battle High School. ||
 * 08/17/12 ||= 11:00 ||= 12:30 ||= 1.5 || Recorded ideas for improving the fire drill. ||
 * 08/30/12 ||= 1:00 ||= 2:00 ||= 1 || Conducted a lockdown drill at John S. Battle High School. ||
 * 08/30/12 ||= 2:00 ||= 3:30 ||= 1.5 || Record ideas for improving the lockdown drill. ||
 * 08/29/12 ||= 11:00 ||= 12:30 ||= 1.5 || Conducted a fire drill at John S. Battle and filled out documentation for the fire marshall. ||
 * Reflections and learning |||||||| With the recent tornado damage that took place in Glade Spring, VA there is a current reminder that all schools should have an

The fire drill at John Battle High School is well organized and concise. Each classroom has a diagram of the building along with directions on where to go once the drill begins. The fire drill is conducted five times throughout the school year. Supervision is in place in each of the hallways to make sure the students are moving in an orderly manner. One recommendation to improve the fire drill at John Battle would be to balance out the times they are conducted. A majority of the fire drills are held in the morning. It would be a good idea to conduct an equal amount of fire drills in the afternoon. This would allow the students who are at the technical school in the morning to take part in the fire drills that they would have missed if the drill was held at an earlier time. ||
 * Reading(s) |||||||| John S. Battle High School Crisis Plan; John S. Battle High School Faculty/Staff Handbook 2011-2012 ||