Disaster Drill

West Valley Elementary School plans for worst-case scenarios

As easily as opening an envelope, Cyndi Hutt found herself slipping into unconsciousness (or pretending to). The sixth-grade teacher at Sunnyvale's West Valley Elementary School was taking part in a disaster drill the school held last Monday. As Susan Douglas, the school's principal, announced that a powerful earthquake had hit the region, teachers opened envelopes to learn how they and their pupils had fared in the imaginary shaker. Hutt apparently hadn't done so well.   More

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