I don't know if it actually happens or not (fire and tornado drills). My child that goes there is too young to be a reliable source of information regarding such things.

I need to discuss it with the center director again. She's new to the job and I wonder if she found an outdated procedure. This is center is governed by the same body that governs the school I work at. I was checking my own school's plans today and noticed the current policy was drafted in 1997 (same as the one in this thread) and updated in 2002. I haven't read it through yet, because it comprises several pages, but the contents look impressive. The plan is very specific, naming administration officials in charge of coordinating efforts with local law enforcement and other schools. School nurses are tasked with bringing a portable medical kit and hardline phone that can be plugged into several places in shelter areas, and the use of two way radios is described.

The idea that such vast descrepensies could exist between two different schools governed by the same board is just mind blowing.

I know that my school practices fire and severe weather drills, but I have never heard of a terrorist drill, though there is a procedure in place for a terrorist attack.

However, the fire drills are limited to approximately two per school year with an additional one for the summer session.