Emmanuel Camarillo and Sarah Karp:
Soon the loudspeaker alerts were coming multiple times a week, making the situation almost “normalized,” Markut said. The school started encouraging students, many of whom like to go out for lunch, to stay inside. It opened classrooms where students who are afraid to leave can find refuge.
But Julia thinks it shouldn’t have to be this way.
“This fear shouldn’t be incorporated into our routines,” she said.
The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to multiple requests to answer specific questions about federal activity around Chicago schools. The agency has said its agents do not target schools.