I think the school did a great job in locking down, but I agree with the comments that a phone call through the call system would of been nice. I was at work and heard through a friend what was going on and when I called to verify all I was told from the school was the school was on lock down due to a shooting, nothing but fear ran through my head not knowing what was really going on and I'm stuck at work and I have 3 kids at 3 different schools and my sitter at another so I had no clue what school or what was really going on. It was 30 mins later that I found out what really had happened. It was a scary deal to have to go through esp with not knowing what was really going on or what the plan was. I will say that my childrens teachers did a good job in comforting my children and all the children matter of fact. Because my kindergarder had no clue but heard sirens and my 3rd grader heard what she thought was a shot while on the playground then all the teachers on duty rushing and trying to get them inside and my 5th grader was more scared that I wouldn't know what was going on and would worry once I found out. But the school now needs to take this situation in hand and consider what needs to happen if this was to ever happen again, So that way parents know what is really going on. I would of been less nervous and scared for my children if I had known the real facts when I had called or had gotten a call from the school call system, but being told "locked down due to shooting" isn't something I wanted to hear or any parent wants to hear. I would think like all the other parents that have children in the morrilton schools, we trust the schools personal to help keep our children safe. You did a great job with the matter at hands, but please next time use the call system and help ease the mind of the parents that had no clue what was going due to the small amount of info that was being given out to parents when they called, or in the pick up line.

Welcome to Conway County the county with the most inept corrupt police in Arkansas.They told us nothing via tex phone call etc. The city and County Barnys where running around like chickens with there heads cut off. It was scary yet comical at the same time. What would these inept bubbas do if they were in a real city? Drop any of them off in a real city and they would be eaten alive.

i had to read it on kvom on facebook, i had to call school and ask them, no one was told anything, no one was call texted nothing, so there is some wrong info on this story,and dont get me wrong the schools did great by locking down so the crazy man could not get in the schools, but at the same time my child is in 2 grade and they are going to tell him he can not go home right now cause there was a shooting, like them kids needed to know that, my son was already scared and then to tell them that, thats so wrong. but like i said they did good to lock the school down, but they could of let parents know something!!

I'm not sure what they mean when they said parents had been notified. Because, I was at the school to pick up my child at 3:13 when police greeted me and said no one in or out. Cose red lock down. My cell is the number I gave the school. I never received a call what happened or what the plan was. Bus parents may have been told but I think the standard recording call with info in it would have been helpful. Glad they had been on lock down. But the message call would have been nice. I thought it was a school shooting! Scary.