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May 14th, 2007
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Teachers stage gunman attack on sixth-graders

CNN.com reports that Scales Elementary School staged a fake gun attack on students on a class trip, and did not tell them that it was just a drill. The fake attack on Thursday was intended as a learning experience, and lasted five minutes, with children crying and hiding under tables. During the exercise, staff members convinced 69 students that a gunman was on the loose, and instructed to get under tables and stay quiet. Parents of the children involved in the mock attack are outraged…

http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/05/13/faked.attack.ap/index.html

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