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Ogden School District principals, resource officers and specialists met Wednesday to talk about initial actions they would take if an earthquake damaged Ogden High School and trapped people in the gym during a night game. (NANCY VAN VALKENBURG/Standard-Examiner)

Ogden district officials consider procedures in case of quake

OGDEN — Principals and specialists knew they had been called to an Ogden School District meeting Wednesday to talk about earthquake preparedness in schools.

What they didn’t know before the meeting started was that they would be given a catastrophic scenario and be asked to work through the first-responder steps to secure the safety of students.

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