VALLEY -- A school district in Alabama is stirring up controversy because of the reason they've asked students to bring canned goods to school.
The school uses the "ALICE" training in case of an active shooter situation. The superintendent wanted the students to have canned goods in addition to their textbooks to throw at a shooter in the event that an emergency does occur.
"What ALICE promotes is that you have objects around the classroom that are available to you that you can throw, and kids can run out of the room, you know, if that's ... but that is the very, very last resort," said Dr. Kelly Moore-Hodge.
Hodge said the number one goal during an active shooter situation would be to evacuate.
The school uses the "ALICE" training in case of an active shooter situation. The superintendent wanted the students to have canned goods in addition to their textbooks to throw at a shooter in the event that an emergency does occur.
"What ALICE promotes is that you have objects around the classroom that are available to you that you can throw, and kids can run out of the room, you know, if that's ... but that is the very, very last resort," said Dr. Kelly Moore-Hodge.
Hodge said the number one goal during an active shooter situation would be to evacuate.