"No matter who we are or where we live, we all share a basic concern for the safety and well-being of our young people. Their welfare is the most telling measure of our nation's success - and their potential is the most promising element of its future. It is up to us - all of us - to safeguard that future." Loretta Lynch

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Report suspicious activites to a trusted adult or call 911
 Confidentially report safety concerns and suggestions 24/7/365
Phone: 855.521.2665
Text:     855.521.2665
Email:   1414@alert1.us
Web:  http://1414.alert1.us 
​Together we can keep our schools and community safe!

Northshore School District

Community Conversation

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If you weren't able to attend, the district welcomes your input on its safety and security initiatives by using the Safety and Security Input form. 

Feb 26, 2018  NSD Presentation

​The Northshore School District considers the safety and security of our students, staff, visitors and buildings to be of utmost importance as the nation and our state experience increased threats of violence. 
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Safety Committee

WAC 296-800-130 requires work sites to have a method of identifying, evaluating and communicating safety and health issues brought up by supervisors and employees in the workplace. Each school within the district has the responsibility to establish a safety committee and hold safety meetings to create and maintain a safe and healthy workplace for all employees. 
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School Safety Coordinator

Each school in the district is provided a stipend for a Safety Committee Coordinator. Secondary schools are also provided a stipend for a Safety Committee member position. These positions report directly to the principal. The coordinator and member should be familiar with the district’s implementation of WAC 296-800-130. See guidance attached.

School Safety Committee Meeting Requirements
  • Safety committee meetings are recommended to be conducted at least 4 times a year  
  • Document attendance
  • Document items discussed
  • Post minutes on Safety Bulletin Board
  • Minutes must be forwarded to the district's Risk, Safety & Security Department
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Documents
Building Safety Status 
In February 2017, Northshore District schools will begin using new emergency consoles in their emergency drills. 
These consoles will send an automated announcement over the PA system for students and staff to hear. The announcements will provide one of the following four building safety status designations. ​

Parent and Student Emergency Situation Guide

​"​Under pressure, you don’t rise to the occasion; you sink to the level of your training."
That’s why we train so hard.
Heard from a Navy Seal

Bellevue School District 
​Safety Academy Training
2018 Best Practice


The safety team provides teachers and staff with 8 hours of instruction in Incident Command; Active Shooter; Suspicious Activity Reporting; Disaster Medical; Search and Rescue; Damage Assessment; and Transport and Carry of Wounded. They have trained approximately 250 teachers and their custodial staff goes through a 16 hour separate training class. All custodial staff are First Aid trained. 
Link to Webpage : BSD Safety & Security
BEST PRACTICES FOR SCHOOL SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANNING 
Five key strategy areas: 
  1. Training school administrators, teachers, and support staff (school resource officers and security officers, secretaries, custodians, bus drivers, etc.) on school violence prevention, school security, school threat assessment, and school emergency planning best practices
  2. Evaluating and refining school security measures
  3. Updating and exercising school emergency preparedness plans
  4. Strengthening partnerships with public safety officials
  5. Creating enhanced crisis communications plans and social media strategies
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School Safety Center (OSPI)

The School Safety Center provides resources to districts and schools to help in the development of high-quality emergency operations and safety plans. Feeling safe is fundamental for a positive learning environment. RCW 28A.320.125 requires all public school districts and public schools to have current school safety plans and procedures in place. The School Safety Center is a component of Secondary Education and works in close collaboration with Student Support. In addition, regularly scheduled meetings of the School Safety Advisory Committee complement our commitment to keeping all students safe at school each and every day.
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School Mapping: Emergency Response System
In Washington, a secure online system called the Critical Incident Planning and Mapping System, or Rapid Responder, provides a unified means for school administrators, law enforcement, fire officials, and other emergency responders to share critical information during emergencies involving schools

FEMA, U.S. Dept of Education

​This report was prepared for the U.S. Department of Education under Contract Number EDESE12O0036 with Synergy Enterprises, Inc. Madeline Sullivan served as the contracting officer’s representative for the Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center. The views expressed herein represent the collective expertise of the federal agencies issuing this document

Safety, Security Training

The Toolkits: Assess, Act, and Audit | Safe and Sound Schools. Based on Straight A Safety Improvement Model, created free toolkits for school communities in each active area of focus:  Assess, Act and Audit. ​
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Reality Training
School District Administrators, Staff, Student & Parents can receive reality training on Surviving the Active Killer Event.

Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers

Sandy Hook Promise

​"I promise to do all I can to protect children from gun violence by encouraging and supporting solutions that create safer, healthier homes, schools and communities" 

Reference Material

​Lock down defined areas and notify law enforcement with the EAGL Gunshot Detection & Lockdown System in less than Twenty Seconds.
The EAGL System provides rapid Access Control and Notification features when an active shooter event occurs. These automatic and autonomous features can be integrated with existing systems providing a cost-effective Solution to protect lives, dramatically reduce law enforcement incident response time and positively influence incident consequences by providing law enforcement with live stream video of shooter location and ballistic data.  Results:  Increasing citizen & first responder survivability while decreasing risk!
BluePoint is an integrated notification system that begins with fixed wall units (strategically placed) that are similar to traditional fire-alarm pull stations, except that they are blue in color and prominently labeled with the word ‘Police’. These are augmented with portable devices that can be worn on lanyards by school administrators .

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WATCH the below video :
At Southwestern High School in Indiana, the classroom doors are ​bullet-resistant, cameras are everywhere, and the Sheriff’s department -- only 10 miles away -- can track an intruder in real-time. via NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
From the National Association of School Psychologists and the National Association of School Resource Officers    ​This information is provided by the National Safety Council This presentation from FEMA discusses everyone's role during active shooter incidents. These events are local, it is not just occurring in major urban areas hundreds of miles away.  It is happening in our own back yards. Discusses behaviors of concern in the workplace.
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Defense systems available for Inward Swinging Doors, Outward Swinging Doors, Doors w/Windows or Side Lights, and Scissor Action Door Closers.

Shooting in 2018 That involved Schools

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​Firearm attacks during school hours: 
  • How Many School Shootings Have Taken Place So Far in 2018?
  • 20 March: Lexington Park, Maryland An armed student shot two others at Great Mills High School before a school resource officer fired a round at the shooter. The shooter was killed.
  • 7 March : Birmingham, Alabama One student was killed and another critically wounded after an accidental shooting during dismissal time at Huffman High School. Police wouldn't elaborate further.​
  • 2 March : Mount Pleasant, Michigan Two people were shot to death at a dormitory on the campus of Central Michigan University. The victims were not students and police think the incident stemmed from a domestic situation.
  • 22 January: Italy High School, Italy, Texas – A 16-year-old student opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun in the school cafeteria, wounding another student.
  • 22 January: NET Charter High School, Gentilly, Louisiana – An unknown person fired shots at students from a vehicle in the school parking lot. One person was injured (though not by gunfire).
  • 23 January: Marshall County High School, Benton, Kentucky – A 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun on school grounds, killing two and injuring 18.
  • 25 January: Murphy High School, Mobile, Alabama – A student fired a handgun into the air during a fight with another student. No injuries were reported.
  • 26 January: Dearborn High School, Dearborn, Michigan – Shots were fired during a fight in the school parking lot. No injuries were reported.
  • 31 January: Lincoln High School, Philadelphia – A fight during a basketball game resulted in the shooting death of a 32-year-old man outside the school.
  • 14 February: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida – A 19-year-old former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle, killing 17 and injuring 14.
  • 20 January: Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina – A 21-year-old was shot and killed during a fight at a party on school grounds.
  • 5 February: – Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill, Maryland – A student was shot and injured in the school parking lot during an attempted robbery.
Shots fired during school hours, unknown reason: 2 (no injuries) 
  • 10 January: California State University, San Bernardino, California – Bullets were fired through a window, with no suspects or motive identified.
  • 8 February: Metropolitan High School, New York, NY – A student fired a gun into the floor of a classroom.
Unintentional gunfire during school hours: 3 (incidents resulting in injuries or deaths: 1) 
  • 10 January: Grayson College, Denison, Texas – A student fired a weapon belonging to an adviser, believing it wasn’t loaded. No injuries were reported.
  • 1 February: Salvador B. Castro Middle School, Los Angeles – A semi-automatic handgun brought to school by a 12-year-old student accidentally went off. Four students were injured.
  • 5 February: Harmony Learning Center, Maplewood, Minnesota – A third-grader pressed the trigger of a law enforcement officer’s handgun. The weapon went off but no one was injured.
Suicide attempts during school hours: 1 (resulting in death) 
  • 10 January: Coronado Elementary School, Sierra Vista, Arizona – A middle school student shot himself in the bathroom of the school and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Stray bullets hitting school buildings during school hours: 1 (no injuries) 
  • 4 January: New Start High School, near Seattle – Bullets fired by an unidentified shooter entered an administrative office. No injuries were reported.
Stray bullets hitting school buildings NOT occurring during school hours: 1 (no injuries) 
  • 15 January: Wiley College, Marshall, Texas – Gunshots fired from a vehicle in the parking lot of a college dorm entered through a window, but did not injure residents.