Pennsbury School District To Hold Active Shooter Drill

The Pennsbury School District will hold an active shooter drill on April 17. Students are scheduled to be off that day.

The drill, being held in conjunction with local police and emergency responders, is expected to last approximately five to six hours. It will be conducted inside Charles Boehm Middle School, 866 Big Oak Road in Lower Makefield.

William Penn Middle School and Pennsbury High School West will also be utilized during the drill, according to information from the district. Volunteers participating in the drill include about 75 Pennsbury student actors, teachers, and administrators.

The local police and emergency response agencies participating include:

Falls Township Police
Lower Makefield Township Police
Tullytown Borough Police
Yardley Borough Police
Levittown Fairless Hills Rescue Squad
Yardley-Makefield Rescue Squad
Yardley-Makefield Fire Company
Fairless Hills Fire Company
Falls Township Fire Marshall
Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
Bucks County 911 Dispatch Center
Levittown Fire #1
Falls Township Fire #1
Tullytown Fire Company
Aria Hospital
St. Mary Medical Center

“This type of exercise, when conducted on such a large scale, helps to simulate real-life events and proves invaluable to local agencies and to the public,” said Sherwood Taylor, Pennsbury Director of Administrative Services. “The Pennsbury School Board asked for us to initiate this important drill. Follow-up discussions afterwards will help us to fine-tune our response activity and protocols.”

The Falls Township Police Department has announced two public information meetings about procedures involved in handling such incidents, in addition to preventing them.

The first meeting was held on February 20; another session is planned for 4 p.m. on Monday, March 13 at the Falls Township Community Meeting Room, 188 Lincoln Highway.

All Pennsbury parents and interested community members are invited to attend.

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