MORAINE -- School leaders in the Miami Valley are learning how to take down an armed attacker inside their school.
It's all part of a training program, called "A.L.I.C.E."
For the past 20 years, teachers have been taught to hide and duck behind their desks, but now they're being trained to fight back.
"You have a greater chance of survival by doing something and reacting to the situation and not laying on the ground," said Lt. Joe Hendry, A.L.I.C.E. trainer.
The training might look aggressive, but for school leaders it's a way to save their life and your child's life.
"Kinda scary and it just gave us a feel for really what that emergency situation would feel like," said Superintendent Tom Henderson, Centerville City Schools.
A situation where a gunman is walking the school hallways.
Right now, the police for schools is to go on lockdown and for students to hide inside the classroom.
But once inside, the gunman can unleash violence.
"The fatality rate in lockdown when the door is breached by the gunman is between 80 -100-percent," said Lt. Hendry.
After the lockdown session, everyone gathered in one room and was asked an important question, "How were you feeling?," said Lt. Hendry, "I wondered who was dying, which friend of mine was dead."
Which is why schools are now being trained to fight back or run, because saving one life is better than none.
"We're conditioning, we're conditioning them to survive and we need to do the same thing with active shooters," said Lt. Hendry.
After the two day training court, the school administrators are then certified trainers and can go back and train all of their teachers.
It's all part of a training program, called "A.L.I.C.E."
For the past 20 years, teachers have been taught to hide and duck behind their desks, but now they're being trained to fight back.
"You have a greater chance of survival by doing something and reacting to the situation and not laying on the ground," said Lt. Joe Hendry, A.L.I.C.E. trainer.
The training might look aggressive, but for school leaders it's a way to save their life and your child's life.
"Kinda scary and it just gave us a feel for really what that emergency situation would feel like," said Superintendent Tom Henderson, Centerville City Schools.
A situation where a gunman is walking the school hallways.
Right now, the police for schools is to go on lockdown and for students to hide inside the classroom.
But once inside, the gunman can unleash violence.
"The fatality rate in lockdown when the door is breached by the gunman is between 80 -100-percent," said Lt. Hendry.
After the lockdown session, everyone gathered in one room and was asked an important question, "How were you feeling?," said Lt. Hendry, "I wondered who was dying, which friend of mine was dead."
Which is why schools are now being trained to fight back or run, because saving one life is better than none.
"We're conditioning, we're conditioning them to survive and we need to do the same thing with active shooters," said Lt. Hendry.
After the two day training court, the school administrators are then certified trainers and can go back and train all of their teachers.