Beth that is incredibly scary. Do what you feel is right and your son is OK with.

It has been quite a year at DDs hs. They are in lockdown at the minimum of 1 time a week. There have been knife fights, fires started, power outages, visitor issues, gang troubles, etc. as well as some perpetrators in the area that the police are trying to catch. We don't live in a bad neighborhood or anything like that where you would expect more of this kind of thing. It is just society and it is truly sad. I do feel for kids these days as they have to put up with far more crap than we ever did.

You are fortunate that the school lets you know about it. We don't receive anything like that but scared kids coming home. Unfortunately, it has now become a joke with the kids and they don't take the lockdowns seriously.