Last week California had a huge earthquake simulation drill. Most schools, several businesses, and almost all emergency agencies were involved throughout the state. As a teacher, I dread this day. The kids just do not come back from an drill and sit right down to learning. It takes a lot to rein them in again. I was approached by one of my administrators to supply a couple students to be "injured" during the drill. I volunteered one of my students, and Jason. Well, Jason was awarded the "head injury". He was rescued from the classroom and wrapped up, but he succumbed to his injuries and was "blue blanketed." We have given him a lot of grief about this. At dinner that night we joked that we did not need to set a place for Jason as he was no longer with us. He does not always appreciate our sense of humor. Anyway, this brought up a couple things to discuss. What does Lauren do if there is an emergency? John and I are mandated to stay at our schools until the students are taken care of. We let Lauren know, for the first time, who is on her emergency release card. Those are the people that can pick her up and sign her out. We also had to find out if she would be allowed to come onto my school's campus in the case of an emergency to stay with Jason and me. I say all this as a reminder to you to see if you have had the simple discussions that we had put off.
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