Teacher Describes Gut-Wrenching 'Lie' She Told Students During Georgia School Shooting
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"It was the worst 20 minutes of my career," said Apalachee High School teacher Jennifer Carter.
A teacher at Apalachee High School in Georgia recalled how she kept her students calm when a shooter opened fire on the property the week.
“I lied to my kids today in second period,” language teacher Jennifer Carter wrote Wednesday on Facebook. “I told them it was just a drill.”
Carter, who has taught at the school for more than two decades, said she instructed her students to get behind the couches in her classroom and stay quiet. She told them the quieter they were, the faster the drill would end.
“My kids were able to just hide and not panic for over 10 minutes, until we heard the banging on doors, walkie talkies, and yelling in the hallway,” she wrote. “Then I had to come clean.”
Carter’s 18 students were still “brave” when confronted with the truth, and did exactly as she asked.