Whoever Thought This Was A Good Idea Needs to Be Fired

"Poor judgment" indeed. Via CNN and AP:

Staff members of an elementary school staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables.

The mock attack Thursday night was intended as a learning experience and lasted five minutes during the weeklong trip to a state park, said Scales Elementary School Assistant Principal Don Bartch, who led the trip.

"We got together and discussed what we would have done in a real situation," he said.

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Principal Catherine Stephens declined to say whether the staff members involved would face disciplinary action, but said the situation "involved poor judgment."

You think. Drills are okay, talking about procedures is okay, but frightening kids for no reason--not okay.