School Safety

Update

April 10, 2018 Timothy Eagen, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools

Shared Goal

Student academic and non-academic growth in a safe and secure environment.

We want school to be a safe haven for our young people.

“Safety is not a new concept for schools, but the issues of today often

require us to pause and reevaluate what we have in place.”

Updates Over the past two months, we have received

unprecedented community input from knowledgeable residents on the topic of school safety.

Working with H2M, our architects and engineers, on potential plans for vestibules. We included $100,000 in the 2018-2019 school district budget for this purpose.

Security Vestibules

Either of the build in (left photo below) or the build out (right photo below) variety.

Updates Continued Armed Personnel in Schools

New York Schools Insurance Reciprocal (NYSIR) presented five different scenarios. According to NYSIR, the School Resource Officers (SRO) “is the most favorable of these five scenarios to consider.”

Policy 3411 update – second reading of this policy is on tonight’s Board agenda.

The school district currently employs one SRO.

Goal of 6 additional armed security personnel for September 2018; and then 6 additional for a total of 13 for September 2019.

RAVE Panic Button App

RAVE Panic Button App Suffolk County School Superintendents Association

safety event on March 15

Attended by Dr. Eagen, Mr. Craig, and Mr. Weisse

Keynote speakers were County Executive Bellone and several ranking officials from SCPD, homeland security, FBI, and emergency response groups

Suffolk County contract with RAVE

Typical price is $40 per license (person)

Suffolk County negotiated a price of $20 per license

www.Ravemobilesafety.com

How the RAVE Panic Button Works

Staff are able to voluntarily participate. Participation requires providing a cell phone number.

Staff can download the free app from their device’s app store (Apple and Android).

The RAVE Panic Button app immediately dials 9-1-1, while simultaneously sending notifications to people on-site of an incident.

The app delivers critical response data to 9-1-1 dispatchers and first responders, giving them tools to coordinate a faster and more effective response.

The app is in use in over 700 school districts across the country.

Closer Look at the App

Six Different Alerts

Active Shooter

Fire

Medical

Police

Other 911

Staff Assist

Security Office Monitoring Suite

Video Overview 5 minute video tutorial on the Rave Panic Button app.

Rave Panic Button video

Community Collective Vigilance While some in NYS have sought school district

consolidation, smaller districts have less “levels” and can act quicker and more efficiently.

It takes a village… If you see something, say something!

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