A little excitement here in Surprise Arizona. A hostage situation occurred near my two youngest children’s elementary school. The elementary school was placed on lock-down and the children riding on buses were diverted to another school for parent pick-up.
How my day started.
1. I take my children to their bus stop and put them on the school bus.
2. I get home just in time to hear the phone ring. My oldest daughter calls me from work and tells me to turn on the TV. Ashton Ranch Elementary is on lock-down.
3. I jump in my car and drive to the school. Police are everywhere. They tell me and a couple hundred other parents that if our children were on school buses the buses were diverted to Sonora Heights elementary.
4. I go back home to locate said school because we are fairly new to the area and I have no idea where this school is.
5. Sonora Heights is not on the map. The school is new. I call the school to find out how to get to them. Their phones are all tied up with parents trying to call and find out about their children.
6. I have a general idea where the school is so I go driving. Yeah!! I found it.
7. I pick up my two youngest children from Sonara Heights and go back home.
I believe I mentioned I was taking the federal exam today…I am on my way to do that now..
later
marsha
wow…what a stressful morning…I’m glad your kids are alright!!
(((hugs)))
I’m glad my children are safe too!!!
I came here to say thanks for visiting my new blog – but when I read what happened to you today all I can say is “wow”. Thank goodness everything turned out okay.
Take care
J.O.
glad everything turned out as well as it could. is everyone ok?
Wow- talk about heart pounding stuff. Glad you found the kids- arghh. Why should you have to go through this- what is it with people these days!! Good luck with your exam Marsha.
Everything turned out fine. No kids were hurt and no one was really in any danger at the school. Because of the proximaty of the house the man was held up in the police decided it would be a good idea to evacuate the children to a different school. The bad man finally gave up to the police.
masha
See as bad as this place is—NM–, I never heard you talking about a hostage situation.hehe
JD, ok so Phoenix is a bit on the wild side occassionally.
Despite the excitement of the day I’m glad that you passed your Federal test.
Thanks for leaving such nice comments on my blog.