Like terror Deja vu. (Update: education news from schools, businesses, research and government agencies).

Like terror Deja vu. (Update: education news from schools, businesses, research and government agencies). When it comes to safety, everything old is new again. In the 1950sand '60s it was "duck-and-cover," today it's"shelter-in-place." In an effort to protect students in theevent of a terrorist or chemical attack, the shelter-in-place plan ispredicated on the notion that after an attack, people are often safestif they remain inside. Such plans have increasingly been put in place byschool districts near nuclear plants, armories and chemical factories. In a recent survey of district safety officers by the NationalAssociation of School Resource Officers, 79 percent of respondentsstated that their schools are not adequately prepared to respond to aterrorist attack. Also, more than half of those surveyed felt that theirschools' crisis plans were not adequate. If it's up to the government, those numbers will change. Infact, the U.S. Department of Education plans to recommend this springthat districts across the country have a crisis plan in place. There is one high-profile district taking the lead. If theWashington area were the target of a chemical attack, students andfaculty in Fairfax County (Va.) would be sheltered in locked-down schoolbuildings, inaccessible to parents, while teachers helped undress andshower any contaminated contaminated,v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material.2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials.3. an infective surface or object. individuals. "We have the federal government telling us that terroristattacks are not a matter of if, but of when," says James McLain,security coordinator for Fairfax schools Fairfax School is an 11-18 Secondary School in Sutton Coldfield, north Birmingham. The school was established in 1959 and will be celebrating its 50th year in 2009, large celebrations are expected. . Recalling the drills that sought to prepare students for nuclearwar decades ago, McLain recalls climbing under desks in elementaryschool elementary school:see school. . "We really are going back to a preparedness level that weused to be at," he says. Specifically, if an attack were to happen, staff members would shutall vents and seal doors and windows Doors and Windows is a multimedia disk by the Irish band The Cranberries. Track listing"Dreams Live" (London Astoria) "So Cold In Ireland" "Away" "I Don't Need" "Zombie" (Live Woodstock) with duct tape duct tapen.A usually silver adhesive tape made of cloth mesh coated with a waterproof material, originally designed for sealing heating and air-conditioning ducts.Noun 1. and wet towels tokeep out contaminated air. Students on school grounds, would be showeredand then would change into a second set of emergency clothes. Similarly, in Indiana, the state Department of Education is givingdistrict guidelines to follow in the event of an attack. Its Office ofStudent Services recently released what it calls a terrorism supplementto its June 1999 report, Checklist for a Safe and Secure SchoolEnvironment. In the supplement, state officials give districtsinformation on radiological, biological and chemical weapon agents A chemical weapon agent (CWA) is a chemical substance whose toxic properties are used to kill, injure or incapacitate. About 70 different chemicals have been used or stockpiled as chemical weapon agents during the 20th century. These agents may be in liquid, gas or solid form. andencourages schools to update their emergency procedures. Some administrators say changing their emergency plans may not makea noticeable impact. "We didn't buy any duct tape," says Larry Martin Larry Martin (born 1943) is an American vertebrate paleontologist and curator of the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center at the University of Kansas. Among Martin's work is research on the Triassic reptile Longisquama ,principal of Madison-Grant High School in Fairmount, Ind. "We have plans for a nuclear attack. But in all honesty, if wedo have a nuclear attack, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed)"Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how much our plans willhelp." www.schoolsecurity.org, ideanet.doe.state.in.us