Wake County students, parents and teachers will soon have new words to describe threats and emergencies on school campuses.
Terms like “Code Red” and “Code Yellow” will be replaced by words like “hold,” “shelter” and “lockdown” as part of a crisis response system that’s now widely used in schools across the country.
The Wake County school board approved Tuesday a new notification system to replace the color-coded alert system. The new system will go into effect in the 2026-27 school year…