East Bay Teacher Shares Tips to Staying Safe in Schools

A primary grade trainer in Pittsburg took to TikTok to assist different academics, dad and mom and college students to really feel extra protected at college after a Texas capturing left 19 children and two academics useless.

Kelsey Vidal has invested in a barracuda bar to dam doorways, a bulletproof backpack and medical provides and recommends different academics do the identical. She began making ready for an lively shooter state of affairs three years in the past after going by means of lively shooter coaching. 

However says it was the Texas elementary faculty bloodbath that pushed her to make movies in hopes of serving to others.

“It seems to be like I am making ready for a conflict, however I’ll faculty in a primary grade classroom,” stated the primary grade trainer. 

Vidal has been educating at Los Medanos Elementary for 3 years and says each her dad and mom had been within the medical area so being ready is second nature to her.

NBC Bay Space’s Raj Mathai spoke to Ms. Kelsey Vidal, a Pittsburg first grade trainer, about her TikTok movies about classroom security amid faculty shootings.

However after witnessing the newest bloodbath, and listening to from frightened colleagues and buddies, she determined to take her safety classes to tiktok 

“I wished to share with folks what I had in order that they will begin desirous about what they will get of their school rooms to really feel a bit of safer,” stated Vidal. 

And the suggestions has been continuous with tens of 1000’s of views.  

Some folks have thanked her, others have given her tips about how one can enhance her security toolkit –  a package that additionally features a bullet proof backpack.

Mother and father say Vidal has all the time gone above and past.

“Ms. Vidal has all the time put her children first,” stated mother or father Nicole Terry.

Terry’s son was certainly one of Vidal’s former college students and believes faculty districts ought to present these instruments to academics, so they do not need to spend their very own cash simply to really feel protected.

“Realizing that she has that in her classroom does make it a safer place for my son to be, figuring out that I am not accessible to him if one thing does occur,” stated Terry.

Vidal says she’s now taking a look at getting some medical coaching — something she will be able to do to guard youngsters anticipating to be taught in a protected atmosphere.

NBC Bay Space reached out to the Pittsburg Unified College District however haven’t heard again.