Although the drill was supposed to be school-wide, several registries in the science wing did not participate in the drill because they could not hear the bell signaling the start of the exercise.  “The bungalows and the science wing do not have a sound system and principal Andrew Ishibashi is probably going to make an emergency order for a new sound system,” Streshly said.  “The drills are all about communication and in the future we will investigate the cost for a new bell system.”
    Administrators were pleased that many students followed instructions in the hallways and were able to clear out of areas such as the basketball and tennis courts in a timely manner.  “We timed the number of seconds it took for the students to go to registry and clear out of the main areas such as the area near the tennis courts and the hallways of the main building,” Streshly said.  “Ideally, the students should be able to clear out of the hallways in under 30 seconds, and on the first and third floors the hallways were clear in under 30 seconds.  However, it took students on the second floor at least two minutes to clear the hallway because of the heavy student traffic.”
    The school is looking to increase the efficiency of the alert system and ensure that students follow procedures by entering the nearest classroom during a lockdown.  “Due to the construction, there are several new doors that teachers may not know how to lock and in the event of a real lockdown situation, every teacher must know how to lock all of the doors, cover the windows and know where to hide,” Streshly said.
    Overall, one of the main concerns of the drill was that many students were not taking the drill seriously.  “One of the police officers observing the drill commented that 50 percent of the students he saw were not hiding,” Streshly said. “In the event that an intruder is in the main building, all students must be out of sight and all doors must be locked so the intruder will move on to the next classroom.”
    For the students that were able to participate in the drill, many approved of the administration’s choice to have a lockdown drill.“It is good to take precautions in the case of a real lockdown situation but it seemed like a lot of students weren’t taking the drill too seriously,” senior Pamela Santa Maria said.
    Streshly also dismissed rumors that the drill was intentionally planned on the anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting.  “Although we didn’t plan it, it is a fitting reminder that all schools need to have a plan in the event of a real lockdown situation.”