Admin Perspective

Eric Cochran (Main Principal)

Q: How do you feel about the construction of the new building?

A: “Oh I’m really excited about the construction of the new building. It’s been an adventure but we’re making significant progress and anticipating by the start of next year, we will have almost everything wrapped up.”

Q: How do you feel about the protection in the new building versus the old?

A: “ The biggest difference when it comes to safety is that this building is a building that you do not have to go outside (of). For most of my career here at Lindbergh we had multiple buildings and on any given day we had 80 exterior doors that had to be left open so kids could get from one building to another to get to their classes. So, with the new building that is no longer going to be the case and we will be able to everybody stay inside of a secure, locked down building. All the doors will be locked during the day and so that’ll be a significant difference and was really one of the major reasons why we built the building in the first place.”

Q: How has the conduction of drills changed at Lindbergh?

A: “We historically had a regular schedule of drills. I would say COVID knocked that off a little bit; drills usually require that you gather in certain places with lots of people and COVID made that harder to do, so we did a lot more of theoretical drills where we were just talking through what we would do in a situation instead of actually doing it. And so we’re trying to transition back to doing those regular drills where you’re actually physically getting up, leaving the classroom or doing something inside the classroom.”

Tricia Hays( LHS Counselor)

Q: How do you feel about the construction of the new building?

A: “Construction hasn’t been too bad, I think it’s made things a little bit crazy– I do feel like it has limited how people can get from the different buildings, so I feel like things have been a little bit more congested at times. The ultimate result is going to be a good thing.”

Q: How do you feel about the protection in the new building versus the old?

A: “I do feel like it’s going to be better. I used to be an elementary school teacher, so when I came here I went from being in a completely locked building to this building where doors were open and all of these other buildings. That was a little scary. So I am excited about us being under one roof, in one building, no one having to travel in between buildings. I think safety wise, it is set up for one entrance in, one entrance out during the school day which I think will be beneficial. They’ve taken measures to the glass, it’s equipped to prevent certain things from happening.”

Q: Do you think the drills at Lindbergh should happen more often? Less often? And what types of drills do you think should be prioritized?

A: “Basically we’re supposed to have fire drills once a month– which I think is still a good idea to practice. But I think those could maybe be a couple of times a semester, I personally think we could probably do intruder drills more and make them more realistic and a little bit different every time to get different experiences.”

Q: What do you think about national events regarding student safety? How do you think that affects students here at Lindbergh?

A: “I do think that it makes students nervous and that’s totally understandable. I do worry that there are students who “copycat”. We need to make sure that we’re educating everyone– honestly kids and adults– of what it really means if you’re going to make a threat and the ramifications of that.”

Meet the Minds

What are they saying about SAFETY DESIGN?

“I would say your school is one of the safest designed, engineered, and built schools with respect to the physical and electronic hardware... probably one of the safest schools in the country based on how it was built and designed from.”

“Once fully completed, the new high school will be one of the safest buildings in the region, from many different potential threats such as fire, earthquake, tornado, and intruders thanks to the latest technology and design innovations in the market today.”

“I would say that our building is state of the art. There are things incorporated into the design and things being added that are heads and shoulders above where anywhere else you’ll be, so as far as safety goes, I would say that yours will be one of the safest in the area.”