Imagine that you are driving to school and you hear a loud beeping noise. Also your friends and the staff are gathered outside the school. At that time you realize that there is a fire drill. The problem is, the expressions on the staff’s faces show that they don’t know if it is fake. It was September 13 at Heathcote school and the students had no clue if this was a drill. What a welcoming start for school.

Now in perspective of another student Morgan Greco, 5th grader in Mrs. Cooper’s class said, “ We were all scared and confused. The teachers were calling this a drill, but we knew that it was not supposed to be.” Here is another perspective of a student Mia Forray, another 5th grader in Mrs. Cooper’s class said, “ At first I thought that it was a drill until I saw fire trucks and I’m like, aww man, it’s the real thing.” My last perspective that I got is from Charlotte Papir, a fifth grader in Mrs. Cooper’s class said, “ I walked up to school with my mom and my brother and I hear the fire alarm, but when I see the police cars it made me believe more.” Most people had the same scared and confused reaction to this.

It turned out that the fire alarm was not working properly and it was a “False Fire”. It was also a Heathcote scare.