Kids being SECRETLY bused away from school - Emergency Preparedness Drill in Oklahoma - Update: *IT HAPPENED*

See, now I wonder if this is why there was no permission slip or even notice. If it's in conjunction with some sort of federal agency or even some type of emergency management (like I posted above), if there is some sort of sneaky allowance slipped in in the federal, state or local code somewhere, perhaps not?

Sometimes I'm just so glad I don't live in USA. I remember my school had an emergency drill when I was in 8th grade. And no, no one ever informed the parents about it. Why? Because there was no fuckin need to. We just went through with the drill and went home early because there were no lessons afterwards. End of the story. Of course, all kinds of things might happen to children in school, they're kids after all, and they play and they get hurt. But to worry that your kid might get taken away to who knows where? How messed up is that?

My question is not where these kids will be taken and why. My question is how the hell did we end up like this? Being afraid to step one foot outside our home. Where did we make a mistake to become like this? Just what is wrong with the world?

Okay, I feel better after taking it out. Thank you for your attention:D

It was phone call with recorded message at almost 9 PM last night (Sunday). Then talking with the kids about what they knew. They know about my conspiracy leanings and try to keep mom from going on "a rant" so hadn't told me yet. Then I investigated and found the news story.

what govt bases or labs are close by, if any. something will happen to the kids for sure. they are experimenting on a small control group before going larger. the kids would not be able to remember what happened, so forget questioning them.

best thing to do is follow their concert, especially if you suspect which school it is. they are keeping a shell game on which school for a reason. they don not want anyone to follow the buses. if you are small town, get different parents to split up and watch schools to follow.

You know, if you're not going to provide us with an actual school name, your post is useless.

I live in Oklahoma and have heard nothing of this.

Are you sure you're not just a paranoid mentally ill patient?

I'm on the school district website now, I don't see any notices, you would think the would want the parents to be aware of something like this???

New Madrid going to blow tomorrow??

OP

Do you care about your children?

If I found this out that was going on with my children,

I would take them out and home school so fast...

Laura,

One thing I did notice on the district site was a Drunk Driving Prevention event in the High School Gym. A time was not given, but the date corresponds to the drill. Maybe they're rescheduling the drink driving thing.

But you're right, no mention on the school website of this drill. And the news article specifically talks about how they want parents to understand it's just a drill. Sounds to me like they're worried about logical worry from parents if the details were known.

I don't post bullshit, I'm not trolling, and this needs to be taken seriously and I would appreciate some evaluation from others. My children will NOT be attending school on Tuesday for this "drill."

I live in a rural town in Oklahoma. We got a pre-recorded message on our home phone tonight informing us of an "emergency preparedness drill" that will be taking place on Tuesday of this week. It was non-detailed, and just said that they wanted to practice in case of a real emergency and that this was only a drill. As a parent, I was NOT notified of the plan surrounding the drill or that the students would be taken away from campus.

After the call, I mention this to my teen girls, one is a junior and the other a senior in the public high school. They already knew about the upcoming drill, just not the specific day as "the drill was supposed to happen weeks ago, before spring break, but the police weren't ready so they delayed it." They also told me that the teachers have been upfront with them that they will be placed on buses and taken to an undisclosed location. One of the possible scenarios the students have been told the emergency might be is a possible chemical spill at the school. WHAT? The senior has been told when the drill begins, one instructor has told her class that all students have to turn off their cell phones and give the phones to the teacher in clear designated baggies for her to keep control of "in case a student decided to detonate a bomb with their phone." WTF? If they're practicing for a "chemical spill emergency" why do phones have to be given up so no detonation may occur?

The kids have also been told they'll be away from the school for two hours and if they end up missing vo-tech because of the drill, the absence will be excused. There's RUMOR that the police/authorities will be searching lockers and belongings while the kids are taken away for two hours, but that is unconfirmed and is just a rumor, although I wouldn't be surprised.

Does anyone else see a problem with this? If students are going to be removed from the campus for two hour as part of an emergency drill and their location undisclosed while the students have no access to communication devices to contact their parents, don't you think they should have gotten parent permission or at least some disclosure?

In my opinion, it seems the school system is planning and practicing how to remove children from school and take them away to undisclosed location without access to communication to let their families know their status and their location. Why would the school not want parents to be aware of where their children are? Why gone for two hours?

Where are the permission forms? Parental rights? Where is the disclosure and transparency? This just seems a little too big brother for me.

There is only a brief mention of a drill in the local paper, but it gives no details and says only that one school will be involved but they aren't saying which school. There is only one high school in this town and my kids seemed to know all about this drill so it's probably theirs.

Please suggest a pin so this can be discussed.

I'll try and hold my criticism here but I find it difficult to believe that people still don't understand anything about where they live. Anyways, Oklahoma, like many other states in the union passed a rack of laws labeled as the Model Health Powers Act and it is a set of laws to govern government systems' response to any emergency. After 9/11 it was almost a matter of non-discussion for states to go on and pass this legislation. Kicker is, this legislation preempts existing laws including those that relate to privacy, medical licensure, and property rights.

It's your big brother dressed as EMT.

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And for whatever reason, maybe all the school shootings or something, some state level group has decided it's a good drill to haul the school kids off campus.

I'm a granny, I'm a mom, and I'd be upset about my young ones being carted off for an emergency drill. I'm also a retired teacher and adult trainer from a government system. I understand how anal government is as a system. I'd be very angry with how this practice session is not being fully advertised and explained to the public. But some nitwits are trying to make it as "real life situational" as possible and need their collective butts kicked.

Oh I'm sure it has some bullshit about national security and that's why they don't need permission slips.

What other local news outlets are for your area? I can only find the link you referenced, are there any local or somewhat local tv stations? You would think this would be spread far and wide, imagine if a parent did not know what was happening and was driving by the school during the drill and saw all these police and EMS vehicles outside, they'd freak out!

Leave your kids at HOME!!

Go to the school, and collect ALL data and info about drill (ie.) get documentation

then on DRILL DAY go video and audio tape the entire event focusing on Agencies and procedures, then follow the bus and KEEP FILMING all the way to the secret location

FILM and post it

Expose this PYSOP!!

AC, I love my children very much and I am strongly considering pulling them out. The only thing holding me back is getting more information and also one of them graduates in two months. She really wants the prom and the graduation walk. Of course none of that will happen if the kids are carted off and not returned.

I just had a thought, maybe because of this safety drill, they will offer the kids a chance to get caught up on their immunizations, free of charge. After all, they're going to be sitting around for up to two hours with all sorts of emergency personnel around. Now that's my paranoia.

I meant to add that I was a teacher in middle school.

PARENTS always had to sign a slip for consent to remove a child from campus.

PERIOD. END OF STORY>

This is what societies based in fear do. It's all FUBAR.