LOCKDOWN

Completely unprofessional. The situation was handled poorly and the lockdown was executed in a very unorganized manner. I know because I was one of the students locked out of the damn classroom by my own teacher. Lockdown was executed with no warning during the final minutes of lunch. The alarm sounded with no follow up instructions with at least a 15 minute delay before someone spoke over the intercom. This left students scattering in all directions with little to no instruction from an authority figure. I had to find a security officer to unlock a classroom door just to let me in to somewhere "safe." At the time i was unaware that it was a non-emergency lock down, and I can confidently say that 90% of the students AND staff were unaware of the actual events taking place. I was crammed into a dark classroom full of loud rambunctious students all wildly speculating about what could be the cause of this infringement on our daily schedule. We were left to our speculations until about twenty minutes into the lockdown when we were then informed that the lockdown was a "non-emergency lockdown." Groans came from students mixed with the simultaneous sighs of relief from faculty. At this point we were all sitting expectantly, waiting for the "Go" to continue with our daily proceedings. But our patience was met with silence. And we were then forced to sit in the same position on the floor for FORTY MORE minutes. A whole period, wasted. And for no good, significant reason. I can now say that I am not at all confident in the security effort provided by the school, and had it been a real emergency, I among many other fellow students could have been caught in the middle of extreme danger. I am greatly disappointed as a third year student at Righetti High school to experience such a poor attempt at "providing safety."