On September 5th, a fire alarm sounded unexpectedly, causing CHS students to evacuate their classrooms in the main building. The alarm caused a brief disturbance to the schedule of students, forcing 6th period classes to start around 10 minutes later than they should have.
Officials confirmed there was no fire or other hazards spotted on the property. Numerous students questioned why the alarm went off. CHS Principal Mike Falcinelli was able to squash rumors with the actual cause of the alarm.
“The building has heat sensors that go off when they detect fire or something like that, they also go off if they get dirty,” Falcinelli said. “Nobody pulled any alarms, we just need to clean the sensors.”
Even with no fire, some students were still shocked of the possibility. Sophomore Haley Boyd was terrified with what was happening, worried that they would lose personal items.
“I was low-key kinda scared, I thought my phone was going to burn,” Boyd said.
Other students were astonished to find over half the school waiting in the courtyard, due to separate buildings on campus having their own fire systems and not being aware of the alarm. Champs Hall, the cafeteria and the fine arts building released students at normal times. Senior Skylar Burtts was confused by the students already waiting outside the main building.
“I thought it was just a drill at first, but then even the teachers didn’t know what was happening,” Burtts said.
Cabot responders arrived at the campus and quickly addressed the issue with administrators. Students were soon allowed to return to their next class, with limited time lost.
