A multiple-agency active shooter and mass casualty drill will take place Wednesday at the Berg elementary and middle-school complex from about noon until about 5 p.m.
Medical, fire and law enforcement will converge on the complex for a drill scenario that involves at least one active intruder on the campus. Newton Community School District is on spring break this week.
Many emergency vehicles will be in the area. North Fifth Avenue East could be blocked off between 19th and 21st streets.
Some volunteers will portraying medical patients, with made-up injuries that will include fake blood.