Thursday, December 20, 2012
All safety policies and procedures will be reviewed with a new perspective.
Friday's mass shooting of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, has prompted the Brentwood School District to seek input from every school community member. Brentwood Superintendent David Faulkner listed steps the school district is taking in response to the tragedy: In response to the events at Sandy Hook, we have invited every member of our school community to provide input on ways that we could improve our procedures and facilities. Each principal has communicated with his or her staff, the entire administrative team has met, and I have met with the Board of Education. Our current and former school resource officers have met with individual principals, and our district safety officer will be …
The director of communications said safety procedures are reviewed throughout the year.
Maplewood Richmond Heights schools are making slight changes, immediately, in response to the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut. MRH Director of Communications Brian Adkisson outlined how the district is responding to the tragedy. Reviewing (and modifying) our safety procedures within the District is an ongoing process that we do throughout the year. Incidents such as the tragic shooting in Connecticut on Friday makes those reviews take on even more importance. Right now we are reviewing our existing policies and procedures with our staff and local police departments. The one change we have made is locking the doors at the ECC a bit earlier than was previously done (all of our campuses have doors that are locked …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
This police-only, internal meeting is being called to discuss what changes in security that school districts leaders would suggest, as everyone processes and works through the tragedy that occurred Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Due to the recent event at Sandy Hook School in Connecticut, St. Louis County Police Department officers and members of the Safe Schools Partnership just announced Tuesday morning they will be meeting this Thursday at 9 a.m. Safe Schools Partnership of St. Louis County was launched during the 1998-1999 school year. It is a collaborative agreement between the county police department, area police departments, school districts, and other concerned agencies, with the sole goal of assuring safety for children. The meeting—which is for officers only—will be held at the Parkway School District Instructional Services Center. Editor's Note: Leave your own recommendations right here in the comments' section of this article, and Patch will ensure …
Mr. Completely
11:14 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Its good that the St. Louis Cnty P.D. are taking the lead and opening a dialogue about the very serious issue of school building security. I anxiously await a report on their proposed solutions to the very real threat. Its got to include some new thinking or its never going to work. When people start talking along political lines, conservative/liberal, it’s a non-starter. We can’t mix up the very… more ›