WBBJ TV
March 4, 2021
JACKSON, Tenn. It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week in Tennessee. To prepare, Thelma Barker Elementary School paused class for a tornado drill.
“We’ve seen a lot of things happen this past school year and this year, so I feel like we need to be prepared and I’m very confident about Thelma Barker being prepared,” assistant principal Mia Neely said.
Thelma Barker has safety precautions in place due to windows and doors in the school, but they added even more precautions due to COVID-19 guidelines, like social distancing. Instead of students lining the hallways, they were assigned safer designated areas to take cover.