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| − | The fire alarm has frequently gone off at Gunn High School for the past few years. Usually, the causes of these alarms are unknown, but some conjectured causes are students who want to ditch class, Chem experiments that go wrong, cooking smoke, or crows. The cause of these alarms is almost never a fire though, which defeats the purpose of the alarms. | + | The fire alarm has frequently gone off at Gunn High School for the past few years. Usually, the causes of these alarms are unknown, but some conjectured causes are students who want to ditch class, Chem experiments that go wrong, cooking smoke, or crows. The cause of these alarms is almost never a fire though, which defeats the purpose of the alarms. One of the recent fire alarm took place on May 9, 2024, during the last 5 minutes of the AP Psychology Exam. The school district is currently attempting to fix the fire alarm system <ref>https://gunnoracle.com/25966/uncategorized/fire-alarm-system-to-be-replaced-following-multiple-false-alarms/</ref> so that the fire alarms only go off if there is an actual fire, and do not go off for unknown reasons, unnecessarily wasting class time. |
In the 2022–2024 school year, the traditional loud, disruptive fire alarms were replaced with a calm voice coming from the new [[Bell|clocks]] telling students to evacuate with the wall-mounted flashers still operating as a visual cue. In 2023–2024, the auditory warning was replaced with short, calm beeps coming from the clock. | In the 2022–2024 school year, the traditional loud, disruptive fire alarms were replaced with a calm voice coming from the new [[Bell|clocks]] telling students to evacuate with the wall-mounted flashers still operating as a visual cue. In 2023–2024, the auditory warning was replaced with short, calm beeps coming from the clock. | ||
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Revision as of 01:55, 6 June 2024
The fire alarm has frequently gone off at Gunn High School for the past few years. Usually, the causes of these alarms are unknown, but some conjectured causes are students who want to ditch class, Chem experiments that go wrong, cooking smoke, or crows. The cause of these alarms is almost never a fire though, which defeats the purpose of the alarms. One of the recent fire alarm took place on May 9, 2024, during the last 5 minutes of the AP Psychology Exam. The school district is currently attempting to fix the fire alarm system [1] so that the fire alarms only go off if there is an actual fire, and do not go off for unknown reasons, unnecessarily wasting class time.
In the 2022–2024 school year, the traditional loud, disruptive fire alarms were replaced with a calm voice coming from the new clocks telling students to evacuate with the wall-mounted flashers still operating as a visual cue. In 2023–2024, the auditory warning was replaced with short, calm beeps coming from the clock.