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Evacuate: 700 students, 100 adults, 3 minutes

| 09 May 2013 | 02:56
    Evacuate: 700 students, 100 adults, 3 minutes
    Central Valley Elementary School greeter Lois Stranges discovered the suspicious package that triggered the school's evacuation.
    Central Valley Elementary School greeter Lois Stranges discovered the suspicious package that triggered the school's evacuation.
    After the discovery of a suspicious package, students at Central Valley Elementay evacuated the building within three minutes and headed toward the athletic fields behind the school and down from the Middle and High School.
    After the discovery of a suspicious package, students at Central Valley Elementay evacuated the building within three minutes and headed toward the athletic fields behind the school and down from the Middle and High School.
    Under the watchful eye of a Town of Woodbury Police officer, students evacuate Central Valley Elementary School last Tuesday as part of a planned drilled.
    Under the watchful eye of a Town of Woodbury Police officer, students evacuate Central Valley Elementary School last Tuesday as part of a planned drilled.
    Sgt. Dave Campbell of the Orange County Sheriff's Department and Scout, an explosive detector K-9, leave Central Valley Elementary at the conclusion of an evacation drill.
    Sgt. Dave Campbell of the Orange County Sheriff's Department and Scout, an explosive detector K-9, leave Central Valley Elementary at the conclusion of an evacation drill.
    Central Valley Elementary School Principal, Dr. Eric Hassler, conducts a post-mortem following Tuesday's evacuation drill. Health/Safety Compliance Coordinator Frank Squillante is on the left.
    Central Valley Elementary School Principal, Dr. Eric Hassler, conducts a post-mortem following Tuesday's evacuation drill. Health/Safety Compliance Coordinator Frank Squillante is on the left.
    Woodbury Police Chief Richard Vasquez was among the top law enforcement officials on hand for the evacuation drill.
    Woodbury Police Chief Richard Vasquez was among the top law enforcement officials on hand for the evacuation drill.
    Children return to Central Valley Elementary following an evacuation drill last Tuesday.
    Children return to Central Valley Elementary following an evacuation drill last Tuesday.

CENTRAL VALLEY — The discovery of a suspicious package prompted the evacuation of Central Valley Elementary School on Tuesday, the latest in a series of drills undertaken by Monroe-Woodbury school officials in the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., student killings.

Frank Squillante, the district’s health/safety compliance coordinator, said it took about three minutes for the 700 students and 100 adults to vacate the building. Once outside, the children made their way to the bleachers along the athletic fields in between CVE and the Middle and High Schools. Had the incident been real, the students would have been relocated to the high school. Squillante said.

Participating in the drill were the police chiefs from Woodbury, Monroe and Harriman, as well as sergeant from the Orange County Sheriff’s department and his explosive detector K-9.