The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

Kelly Haaland, Superintendant of Big Sandy Schools, said, “I was at the elementary (school) and received a call about ten minutes to twelve. Someone had written on a girl’s bathroom stall, ‘Shooting at 1:00’. I came over to the high school and told everyone we were in a lock down status, called 911, looked at the videos, and interviewed some girls. I’ve had training, but this is the first real shut down I have participated in.”

Big Sandy High School has a policy concerning a shutdown and they followed it exactly. Every student has practiced a shutdown. This time there was a...