Belmont school will lock down tomorrow morning to practice safety.

The school will hold a Lockdown Awareness Exercise at 9:55 a.m. tomorrow (Jan. 15).

The intent is to educate and empower staff, students and even parents, who were told of the drill in a letter home.

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Then they await the okay from the office, or emergency personnel.

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The only lockdown situations Huck recalls at Belmont over the past year have been exercises.

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Local RCMP will be involved in the 15 to  20 minute exercise that does not include evacuating the school.