Pennsylvania school district buys hundreds of mini baseball bats for classroom defense.

A Pennsylvania school district has bought hundreds of new baseball bats – and it’s not planning a massive expansion of any sports programs.

The Millcreek Township School District outside Erie distributed the miniature bats to 500 teachers last week as part of a training program on how to deal with school shooters, the Pittsburgh Tribune reports.

Superintendent William Hall says it cost the district around $1,800 to buy 600 16-inch baseball bats, including some that will be placed in offices and other common areas. Hall says the bats are to give teachers a chance to fight back as part of a procedure with the acronym TROJAN: “Threat assessment; run; obstruct and barricade; join forces; attack; and never give up.”]

Hall says that while the bats could be a last line of defense, they are meant as a symbolic reminder that fighting back is an option, GoErie reports.

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