Thursday morning, hundreds of concerned parents found their children outside of District 11's Scott Elementary School. With the accurate information, one Colorado Springs mother believes she wouldn't have been one of them.

Karen Aldridge didn't know officials cleared nearby Jenkins Middle School to investigate a bomb threat before school could start.

"I did lower my window and say 'What's going on?' They said 'We're just having a drill,'" Aldridge said. "I wouldn't have left Cody if I knew"

Security officials said that is the most effective way to keep kids calm in a tense situation.

"If it's a bomb threat, we will not say over the intercom it's a bomb threat. It will cause panic," said D-11 Director of Security Jose Gurule. During a threat schools across the district are instructed to evacuate students in a quick and orderly way, even if it means holding some information from the kids.

"I don't know who would've been saying it was an actual drill to the parents," Gurule said.

"It was one of the staff," said Aldridge.

A mix-up Gurule said shouldn't have happened with parents.

"If you have them face to face instead of on the phone, it's their decision what to do," he said.

"Am I afraid to send him back?" Aldridge asked Thursday. Her answer: "No."

Aldridge hopes she'll never have to stand in a line looking for her son again. She thinks clearer communication will help. Her son and the rest of Jenkins students are safe, and an evacuation plan is in place, which she says, at the end of the day, is the most important thing.