While students may have been on vacation during the summer, some local educators were learning how to be prepared for an active shooter.
There have been more than 400 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, according to gunviolencearchive.org.
"It makes my heart drop, watching all the videos and seeing the statistics," said Taylor Wilks, an administrator at Kids 'R' Kids Learning Academy in Las Vegas.
She and three of her colleagues are learning how to be prepared and protect the infants and toddlers at their facility.
Andrew Rozac founded The Institute for Childhood Preparedness. He teaches educators to assess their environment to determine what can be used as a weapon, how to quickly block windows, as well as develop and practice a plan.
"You see situations where that’s come back to bite you like Uvalde, Parkland and Sandy Hook, where you had substitute teachers that were in the building but never received training on emergency procedures including active shooter," said Rozac.
Lessons Wilks said have been eye opening.
"The statistic of how long it takes, I learned the average shooting is 14 minutes. The videos we saw on preparedness, it took three seconds for them to block doors. So yes, practicing is what’s going to be key,” said Wilks.
