On Wednesday, August 30, students attended a convocation in the auditorium where members of the Drama Club assisted in a demonstration on "Alice." Alice is a new lock down strategy that Paoli High School is learning. "Alice" stands for Alert, Lock down, Inform, Counter, Evacuate. Paoli students also demonstrated a situation in which an intruder came into the classroom and the students had no warning. They used the "rush" strategy, this strategy is where you throw anything you can at the intruder and try to get the weapon out of their hand.
Alice trainers train you on how to break and window and where it will break easily. The trainers also taught how to evacuate out of high floors and windows.
They also practiced the original lock down drill where all the students push things against the door. They all gather in a corner where they cannot be seen and try to be quiet as they can.
Photos by Chaz Becht