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Pioneers ready for Div. 2 Tourney
Goalkeeper Aidan Kelly makes a stunning glove save during the Pioneers’ makeup game 6-3 loss against PentucketGeorgetown at the McVann-O’Keefe Rink in Peabody on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The junior goalie has been an asset for the Pioneers Icemen all season, and will likely continue to be as Lynnfield enters the Division 2 North tournament. See story and photos inside on page 10. (Advocate photo by Dave Sokol)
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Superintendent responds to Florida school shooting By Christopher Roberson
sential, straightforward and direct.” From there, informan the aftermath of the Feb. tion would be broadcasted 14 shooting that claimed by a “designated person” over 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman the school’s public address Douglas High School in Park- (PA) system. land, Fla., Superintendent of “This is the right thing to Schools Jane Tremblay out- do; knowledge and informalined the various protocols tion are power and provide that are in place to keep Lyn- options to those in harm’s nfield’s students safe. “In con- way,” said Tremblay. “Comjunction with the Lynnfield munication keeps the shootPolice Department, we have er off balance, constant realmade significant changes time information is crucial in over the past few years in increasing survival chances.” the area of security,” she said. Tremblay said the person “School security continues on the PA should also make to be the number one pri- a conscious effort to “intimority in the Lynnfield Public idate the intruder” by anSchools.” nouncing the shooter’s locaOne security measure was tion and movements, which to assign Officer Patrick Cur- can be observed on camera. ran as the full-time school re- “If the intruder is aware and source officer. “This has been angry with movements beinstrumental in helping us to ing announced, he may fear be proactive with issues re- cameras. Any time spent on garding our student body,” cameras is time he is not killsaid Tremblay, adding that ing kids,” she said. “If he atmost of Curran’s time is spent tempts to shoot out camerat Lynnfield High School. as, he is expending his limited In addition, she said the dis- supply of ammunition, and it trict has partnered with a po- now can’t be used against the lice information-sharing net- kids. Both of these are good work called COPsync. “All of things for the good guys.” our teachers have the ability Although putting a school to directly contact authorities in lockdown is another “good from their classrooms if there starting point,”Tremblay said, is a threat,” said Tremblay. She it would take time for the said that on one occasion, a police to enter the building. teacher at Lynnfield Middle “Once a threat has been recSchool accidently pressed ognized and reported, the the hidden emergency but- only way to call ‘all clear’ is ton, which triggered a police for law enforcement to do so; response in less than three this may be hours,” she said. minutes. Should the shooter enter Tremblay also spoke about a classroom, Tremblay said, the district’s implementa- those in the room must do tion of Alert, Lockdown, In- whatever is necessary to form, Counter and Evacuate stay alive. This could include (ALICE). She said ALICE can moving, creating a distracbe customized to respond tion by throwing objects or to a myriad of situations. “AL- overwhelming the intrudICE does not necessarily flow er’s central nervous system step-by-step from alert, lock- by screaming. “These are down, inform, counter and lifesaving techniques; we evacuate,” said Tremblay. can’t afford to sit in the cor“Each incident will dictate ner waiting for law enforcewhat may or may not be ap- ment to arrive and save the propriate or useful to the per- day,” she said. “History has son in harm’s way.” shown more active shooters In the event of emergen- have been stopped by indicy, Tremblay said, the caller vidual action than by law enshould never use codes when forcement.” speaking to the authorities. Tremblay said she plans to “The National Incident Man- train students and faculty on agement System forbids the how to respond to such situse of code words,” she said. uations by conducting four “Common language is es- drills each year.
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