RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

The following school events in the news have been provided to aid awareness, preparation, and planning.

Several arrested after shots fired during large fight across from Stroudsburg High School (Stroudsburg, PA) https://www.wfmz.com/news/poconos-coal/several-arrested-after-shots-fired-during-large-fight-across-from-stroudsburg-high-school/1080730011

• Near school grounds fight escalates into riot.

9 Paso middle school students suffer medical emergency after using cannabis vape pen (Paso Robles, CA) https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article230805964.html

• Highlights the growing danger of cannabis based vaping.

Solano grand jury raises concerns about safety of high school campuses (Fairfield, CA) https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/solano-news/fairfield/solano-grand-jury-raises-concerns-about-safety-of-high-school-campuses/

• Longterm school safety issues concern community.

Student taken into custody for bringing loaded gun to an Allentown middle school (Allentown, PA) https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-allentown-middle-school-student-takes-gun-to-school-20190524-c4j4sdxinrdsvakz23qpxnfc2q-story.html

• Student apprehended in school with loaded handgun and knife.

Nurse shortage hits schools (Soux Falls, SD) https://www.keloland.com/news/eye-on-keloland/nurse-shortage-hits-schools/2025722159

• Highlights shortage of skilled nursing in the school setting.

Recently Retired Delaware County Teacher Dies After Being Shot In Head By Neighbor, Police Say (Chester Heights, PA) https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/05/28/joseph-iavarone-delaware-county-teacher-dies-shot-in-head-neighbor-john-ballas-police-say/

• Recently retired teacher murdered in home reinforcing need for Death of Student/Staff Threat Hazard Annex.

'One more of God's creatures': Bear comes to Eureka parish school a few days too late (Eureka, MO) https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/one-more-of-god-s-creatures-bear-comes-to-eureka/article_a972fecd-e74a-5e83-b4b5-d83933fec614.html

• Bear enters school.

RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

The following school events in the news have been provided to aid awareness, preparation, and planning.

• Pennsylvania State Police give citation to 12-year-old over "purple nurple" (Clearfield, PA) https://www.myhighplains.com/weird-news/pennsylvania-police-give-citation-to-12-year-old-over-purple-nurple-/2016640864
• Student cited for roughly pinching and twisting a fellow student's nipple.
• Pennsylvania State Police: No source found for school violence rumor that caused some to stay home (Lebanon, PA) https://leb.town/2019/05/21/pennsylvania-state-police-no-source-found-for-school-violence-rumor-that-caused-some-to-stay-home/
• Rumors on social media at Eastern Lebanon County School District investigated.
• Pa. teen sickened when given drink containing urine, toilet water at school, police say (Delaware County, PA) https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/05/pa-teen-sickened-when-given-drink-containing-urine-toilet-water-at-school-police-say.html
• Event to monitor for possible copy-cat trend.
• False Safe2Tell tip activates emergency response to Banning Lewis Preparatory Academy (Colorado Springs, CO) https://gazette.com/education/false-safe-tell-tip-activates-emergency-response-to-banning-lewis/article_a3a2e5a2-7c06-11e9-8e27-f3423a1c2d35.html
• End of report details percentage of false complaints is Colorado's legacy "Safe2Say" system.
• DeKalb second grader bitten by snake on playground, officials confirm (Dekalb County, GA) https://www.11alive.com/article/news/education/dekalb-second-grader-bitten-by-snake-on-playground-officials-confirm/85-dbe33f3a-86ca-4b66-8c6a-bc4d2af0275c
• How can your school plan to prevent, respond, and recover from this type of incident?

RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

The following school events in the news have been provided to aid awareness, preparation, and planning.

• Portland Police Arrest Student Who Carried Shotgun Into Parkrose High School (Portland, WA) https://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-police-arrest-gun-parkrose-high-school/
• Staff members confronted 18-YOA armed intruder and wrestled him to the ground
• Aransas Pass police department putting two-way police radios inside every school (AK) https://kristv.com/news/2019/05/17/aransas-pass-police-department-putting-two-way-police-radios-inside-every-school/
• Highlights growing proven best practice every school should consider.
• Plane crash reported near Southeastern High School (Chillicothe, OH) https://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/local/2019/05/18/plane-crash-reported-near-southeastern-high-school/3722034002/
• What Functional Annex protective actions steps would you use if a small plane crashed near your school?
• Drilling air emissions don’t impact nearby schools: study (Washington County, PA) https://www.kallanishenergy.com/2019/05/20/drilling-air-emissions-dont-impact-nearby-schools-study/
• 2-year study of air quality by 6-pad well found no negative health impacts.

RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

The following school events in the news have been provided to aid awareness, preparation, and planning.

• School Security and Safety Tour (Dallas, PA) https://www.pahomepage.com/news/school-security-and-safety-tour/2004891431
• Dallas School District hosts first responder campus tour.
• School Controversy: Video Surfaces Showing Teacher Dressed In Muslim-Like Head Scarf During Active Shooter Drill( Harrison City, PA) https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/05/15/penn-trafford-school-district-active-shooter-drill-muslim-costume-controversy/
• Highlights the drive for drama danger in armed intruder drills.
• Parent charged after confrontation with Sylvania Schools bus drive (Sylvania Township, OH) https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2019/05/15/parent-charged-after-confrontation-with-sylvania-schools-bus-driver/stories/20190515053
• Introduce a substitute driver, add unruly students, stir in an angry parent, and we have  a bad day. 
• Elementary school students learn to STEP up in emergencies (Tomah, WI) https://www.news8000.com/news/elementary-school-students-learn-to-step-up-in-emergencies/1078522556
• Positive program builds multi-hazard planning skills in elementary age students.

RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

All,

Hope all is well with you, yours, and with your school. The following school events in the news have been provided to aid awareness, preparation, and planning.

• Direct radio link was a lifesaver in Colorado school attack, sheriff says (Highlands Ranch, CO) https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/direct-radio-link-was-lifesaver-colorado-school-attack-sheriff-says-n1003431 
• Highlights the critical need for integrated County 911 radios in schools.
• How to Prevent School Shootings | Jillian Peterson | TEDxHamlineUniversity https://youtu.be/Ox1dJDs451o
• Excellent information on the need for relationships in preventing violence. 
• Former Titusville Teacher Charged with Having Sex with 14 Year Old (Titusville, PA) https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/40446199/titusville-teacher-charged-with-having-sex-with-14-year-old
• Is Sexual Abuse an "emergency" and then an annex in our plan?
• District 300 teacher from Bartlett dies after having medical emergency at school (Barlett, IL) https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-d300-teacher-barlett-dead-st-0510-story.html 
• Highlights the value of "Student/Staff Death Annex" planning.
• Farmington school board votes to place superintendent, high school principal on leave (Farmington, NH) https://www.wmur.com/article/farmington-school-board-votes-to-place-superintendent-hs-principal-on-leave/27418756
• Administrators suspended for failing to relay issue information to SRO's.

How to Prevent School Shootings | Jillian Peterson | TEDxHamlineUniversity

RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

The following school events in the news have been provided to aid awareness, preparation, and planning.

• Punxsutawney school board hears update on completed emergency operations plan (Punxsutawney, PA) http://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/punxsutawney-school-board-hears-update-on-completed-emergency-operations-plan/article_99a28946-3545-54d7-ab73-614684a370be.html
• EOP provided for School Board approval review!
• Adult Tourniquet for Use in School-Age Emergencies https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2019/05/03/peds.2018-3447
• Medical testing finds adult sized tourniquets are effective for use on children. 
• Lancaster County school doctor charged with sexual abuse of teens (Lancaster, PA) https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-doctor-abuse-teens-20190501-36ckgwqbw5fztk35fcbq3w5jmi-story.html
• School sports doctor charged with sexually touching male athletes. 
• UNC Charlotte Shooting Victim Is Honored As A Hero For Tackling Shooter (Charlotte, NC) https://www.wbur.org/npr/719222196/unc-charlotte-shooting-victim-is-honored-as-a-hero-for-tackling-shooter 
• 17-year old student gives his life engaging actor saving others.
• Florida teachers can arm themselves under new gun bill https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-florida/florida-teachers-can-arm-themselves-under-new-gun-bill-idUSKCN1S74GZ 
• Bill authorizing the arming of teachers progresses in Florida.
• Emergency crews respond to school bus crash in NE Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City, OK) https://kfor.com/2019/05/02/emergency-crews-respond-to-school-bus-crash-in-ne-oklahoma-city/
• Bus crash with 6-students transported to hospitals. How would this strain your school resources? 
• Teen arrested after 11 hospitalized following pepper spray incident at Morgan Park HS (Chicago, IL) https://wgntv.com/2019/05/07/teen-arrested-after-11-hospitalized-following-pepper-spray-incident-at-morgan-park-hs/
• Series of cop-cat events plague school illustrating students emulate without considering consequence. 
• Shooting at Colorado Charter School; At Least Seven Injured (Highlands Ranch, CO) https://www.jems.com/articles/news/2019/05/shooting-at-colorado-charter-school.html
• Two students apprehended in school shooting, motivations unknown at this time.