Millard South Shooting

When I picked Brit up from school, I asked her if she had an interesting day.   She said, “Yes!  We had a code red and it was for real.”   In the car, we asked her for details.

“We were out on the playground after lunch.    The gym teacher started yelling for us to come in right now.   I thought, ‘What’s the rush?’, but I ran across the baseball field and walked up the hill, because it’s steep.    My teacher said to come into the classroom.   She had us all go to the corner, she turned the light off and locked the door.   Then we all started asking questions.    Two girls were crying and one was worried but didn’t cry.   One had to go to the bathroom really bad, but she couldn’t leave the room until the code red was cancelled.”

She had all sorts of rumours about why there was a code red, but they all had to do with a person shooting someone.   A student, who may have been expelled earlier in the day, walked into school and shot the vice principal and the principal.   The first is in critical condition; the second is in serious condition.   The student is dead by self-inflicted gunshot.

I was in a meeting at work when one of the managers came into the room and said, “Did you hear about the shooting at Millard South?”      Details trickled in, but once I heard all of the Millard schools were locked down, I felt a bit better.   The part of me that wanted to run out of the room and pick Brit up from school calmed down a bit.  🙂   I love our school district.   I appreciate how they watch after our children and have these safety plans in place and practiced throughout the year.

I know Millard South well.  My brothers and I graduated from it.  Brit takes swimming lessons there.

I hope the people who were shot make a full recovery.

update:  Assistant Vice Principal Vicki Kaspar has died of her injuries.