Westmorland Intermediate Unit 7 - Virtual Safety Conference Training

2-Stage Visitor Vetting Training Video

Overview training on 2-Stage visitor vetting best practices can be found below.

Sample Communicable Disease Annex

In light of COVID-19 profound pressures have been placed on public and private school leads. Many schools may be in the position of seeking to find or build an annex to their plan. Having been called upon to aid a district such a need we have a sample at hand.

This sample is free for schools to use as long as the RPP footer is retained. Like all plans and annexes the document is not perfect and can be improved. Your district is allowed and encouraged to enhance and improve the document. As you improve the document we ask that your work product be shared with us.

It is our hope and prayer this significant issue closes with little loss, hurt, and harm. We likewise hope this work plays a small role toward this aim.

Document can be found here.

RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

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

Cardiac death underscores schools’ need for devices, training (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/cardiac-death-underscores-schools-need-for-devices-training/RP3Ue9vMJPbCNR0E5TeeVK/#

• Article discusses the need for wider deployment and training of ADE's and use of CPR in schools.

Netflix’s ‘13 Reasons Why’ Uses a School Shooter as a Crass Soap Opera Twist (Daily Beast)  https://www.thedailybeast.com/netflixs-13-reasons-why-season-three-uses-a-school-shooter-as-a-crass-soap-opera-twist

• Season 2 cliffhanger of "13 Reasons Why" humanizes a thwarted school shooter.

School bus driver fatally electrocuted after utility pole collision (Ellwood City, PA) https://www.post-gazette.com/local/north/2019/08/24/School-bus-driver-fatally-electrocuted-North-Sewickley-Beaver-County-Riverside-School-District/stories/201908240056

• Bus drives dies after hitting a utility pole and stepping on a live wire.

Police: Lakeland High teacher described way to kill students for ‘1,000-person body count’ (Polk County, FL) https://www.theledger.com/news/20190822/police-lakeland-high-teacher-described-way-to-kill-students-for-1000-person-body-count

• Teacher committed after detailing to class how he would kill 1000 in a school attack.

Governor announces plans for development of Ohio school safety center (Ohio) https://www.newswatchman.com/community/article_0fb109e9-aba8-52b1-a1b3-588021f86e64.html

• Governor DeWine outlines school safety enhancements for Ohio schools.

CMS: Safety and security a top focus as kids head back to school (Charlotte, NC) http://www.fox46charlotte.com/news/local-news/cms-safety-and-security-a-top-focus-as-kids-head-back-to-school

• Article details extensive safety measures taken in a Charlotte school district. 

RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

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

New radio communication system debuts for Fremont Schools (Sunnyvale, CA) https://fremonttribune.com/news/local/new-radio-communication-system-debuts-for-fremont-schools/article_c219eff2-0748-5848-b88d-7481acb6394f.html

• Article highlights the value of effective public safety interoperable radio communications in schools.

For Kids With Asthma, Allergies, New School Year Can Bring Flare-Ups (HealthDay News) https://consumer.healthday.com/respiratory-and-allergy-information-2/asthma-news-47/for-kids-with-asthma-allergies-new-school-year-can-bring-flare-ups-748351.html

• Returning to school after summer break can bring flare-ups for asthmatic students.

Suicide emergency prompts Fort Belknap community response (Billings, MT) https://trib.com/suicide-emergency-prompts-fort-belknap-community-response/article_34777095-c25b-5d95-becb-250e69612d7a.html

• Discussion of rise and rash of student suicides in First Nation people that can still speak in other school settings.

PEMA Updates Multi-Hazard School Safety Planning Toolkit (Harrisburg, PA) https://www.pema.pa.gov/planningandpreparedness/communityandstateplanning/Pages/All-Hazards-School-Safety-Planning-Toolkit.aspx

• PEMA toolkit updated with Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) in three parts: Basic, Functional Annexes, and Threat- Hazard Annexes. The material posted by PEMA is an effective base for those schools seeking to build their plan in-house. This update reflects the work of Rain Public Planning and others ending in 2017. In the past 2-years RPP has refined and expanded the 2017 work.

RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

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

School nurses receive disaster response training. (GA) https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/school-nurses-receive-disaster-response-training/article_fef0d680-cc08-59cf-b68a-e94a943095c0.html

•  Nurses statewide receive School Emergency Triage Training (SETT)

A push for emergency texting services across the United States https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/a-push-for-emergency-text-services-every-county-United-States

• Call for nationwide 911 texting service. 

Why are there so many mass shooting? Video https://youtu.be/oH2jtuT68mE

•  Dennis Prager of PragerU discusses his thoughts on social causes in rise of mass shootings.

Why Are There So Many Mass Shootings?

RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

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

Man arrested after candy laced with foreign substance causes illness at Southampton school (Southampton, VA) https://wtkr.com/2019/06/11/7-southampton-high-school-students-hospitalized-after-unknown-substance-causing-them-to-feel-ill/

• Man arrested for distributing drug laced candy to students.

Pennsylvania Mom Outraged After Son, 7, with Down Syndrome Suffers Bloodied Face on School Bus (East Stroudsburg, PA) https://people.com/human-interest/michael-perrin-fall-bus-face-bloody-pennsylvania/

• Delayed response to Parent's request to see bus video results in police investigation.

2 teen girls at Penncrest gave student drink mixed with urine, toilet water (Media, PA) http://www.foxla.com/news/police-2-teen-girls-at-penncrest-gave-student-drink-mixed-with-urine-toilet-water

• New incident of students tricking other student to drinking contaminated toilet water.

RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

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

Bill mandates school emergency plans for students with hearing loss (CT) https://ctmirror.org/2019/05/29/bill-would-mandate-school-emergency-plans-for-students-with-hearing-loss/

• Highlights need for persons with needs accommodations in EOP's.

Deadly Attack on Schoolgirls Startles Japan (Kawasaki, Japan) https://www.jems.com/articles/news/2019/05/deadly-attack-on-schoolgirls-startles-japan.html

• Man armed with knife kills 2 and injures 17 before killing himself.

A Message to the FCC: "First, Do No Harm" with Declaratory Ruling for Default Robocall Blocking (Washington, DC) http://www.insidearm.com/news/00045079-message-fcc-first-do-no-harm/

• FCC is considering changes allowing phone carriers to block robocalling; including calls from schools.

Hazmat crews called to Easton Area Middle School after pepper spray released in cafeteria (Forks Twp., PA) https://www.wfmz.com/news/lehigh-valley/pepper-spray-prompts-hazmat-situation-at-easton-area-middle-school/1083217033

• Pepper spray sudo bomb threat prank finds its way to PA school.

Emergency Plans After Fire at Sullivan County School (Laporte, PA) https://wnep.com/2019/06/03/emergency-plans-after-fire-at-sullivan-county-school/

• Aftermath of an electrical fire highlights need for Continuity of Operations planning in the school setting.

What happens to kids with disabilities in school lockdowns (Today.com) https://www.today.com/parents/what-happens-kids-disabilities-school-lockdowns-t155235

• Discusses the needs of children with disabilities focus in school emergency planning.

Closer Look: First Responders | Better Together?: Regional high school training program helps county emergency service providers with recruitment (Cumberland County, PA) https://cumberlink.com/news/local/closer_look/better-together-regional-high-school-training-program-helps-county-emergency/article_998dc316-cca3-586f-afdf-1eab56d8bb94.html

• Promotes the mutual benefits of hosting student EMS training in schools. 

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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.

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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.

RPP - School Emergency News Notice

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

• Union High School Implements Emergency Response Plan to Help Students Cope with Sudden Loss of Classmate (Union, NJ) https://www.tapinto.net/towns/union/articles/union-high-school-implements-emergency-response-plan-to-help-students-cope-with-sudden-loss-of-classmate
• Highlights importance of "Death of Student/Staff" and "At-Risk Family" Annex planning.
• Tunkhannock Area High School Robotics Team Finishes Second in Division in World Competition (Tunkhannock, PA) https://wnep.com/2019/04/28/tunkhannock-area-high-school-robotics-team-finishes-second-in-division-in-world-competition/
• Example how any school can compete on the world stage.
• Delco women firefighters make history on a Pa. middle school emergency call (Wallingford, PA) https://www.philly.com/news/columnists/women-volunteer-pa-firefighter-shortage-south-media-fire-maria-panaritis-20190427.html 
• Overviews need for more volunteer fire fighters; women & teens welcome.
• One of 4 children hit by truck near Memphis elementary school lucky to be alive, mother says (Memphis, TN) https://www.fox13memphis.com/top-stories/one-of-4-children-hit-by-truck-near-memphis-elementary-school-lucky-to-be-alive-mother-says/943890746 
• Example of traffic risk around school settings.
• Texas Senate passes school safety bill intended to prevent mass shootings (TX) https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/29/texas-senate-pass-school-safety-mass-shootings/
• Movement in Texas to improve school safety communication, site design, and mental health treatment.

RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

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

• Polk Schools to connect buses to county emergency radios (Bartow, FL) https://www.theledger.com/news/20190423/polk-schools-to-connect-buses-to-county-emergency-radios
• Due to handicapped student bus death, district contracts to install 911 system radios in buses.
• Unhappy with their school's approach to mental health, students at Severna Park are taking it into their own hands (Anne Arundel, MD) https://www.capitalgazette.com/news/schools/ac-cn-mental-health-20190423-story.html
• Due to suicides, Student/Parent lead groups augmenting mental health support to students.
• 2 Kyle schools 'all-clear' after lockout (Kyle, TX) https://www.kxan.com/news/local/hays/2-kyle-schools-on-lockout-for-investigation-of-unauthorized-people-in-area/1948062583
• Area police incident results in school's calling Lock-Outs ("Keep-Out" protective action).

RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

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

• Lakewood school tailors active shooter training based on grade level and age group (Lakewood, OH) https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/e-team/lakewood-school-tailors-active-shooter-training-based-on-grade-level-and-age-group
• Discussion of how ALICE strives for age appropriate active shooter training.
• Davis school runs off generator after electrical failure (Davis, CA) https://www.kcra.com/article/davis-high-school-generator-electrical-failure/27186611
• "Where could we plan to obtain a school wide generator if we needed one?"
• People Traveling To Columbine High School 'To Feel It, Touch It, See It' Have Been A Problem For Years (Columbine, CO) https://www.cpr.org/news/story/people-traveling-to-columbine-high-school-to-feel-it-touch-it-see-it-have-been-a-problem
• Long-term consequence of being "that place."
• Kentucky School District Awarded Additional Funds to Support Recovery Efforts Following Tragic School Shooting Last Year (Marshall County, KN) https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/kentucky-school-district-awarded-additional-funds-support-recovery-efforts-following-tragic-school-shooting-last-year
• School violence recovery grant that we strive to never need.
• Raccoon-on-the-loose prompts school closing (South Avondale, FL) https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/04/17/south-avondale-has-critter-day-school-closed-while-they-catch-sneaky-raccoon/3501866002/
• "One little creature" impact in a school.

RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

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

• School officials question student role in active shooter drills (Hollidaysburg, PA) https://wjactv.com/news/local/school-officials-question-student-role-in-active-shooter-drills
• Outlines considerations of how to use students in Armed Intruder exercises.
• New Kansas Law Reduces Number Of Required School Safety Drills (Kansas) https://www.kcur.org/post/new-kansas-law-reduces-number-required-school-safety-drills#stream/0
• Required number of drills to change from 16 per school year to 9.
• 10 Westhill students arrested after riot injures cop, teacher (Stamford, CT) https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/10-Westhill-students-arrested-for-food-fight-that-13772583.php#photo-17218859
• Social Media planned food fight escalates. 
• Lockout vs. lockdown: Knowing the difference after threat to Denver-area schools (Denver, CO) https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/crime/lockout-vs-lockdown-knowing-the-difference-after-threat-to-denver-area-school
• Argument for distinct differences in "lockdown" type titles; example: Lock-Down, Keep-Out, & Stay-Put.

RPP - School Emergency Event News Notice

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

• Third suburban student dies by suicide, as study finds attempts on the rise (Maywood, ILL) https://wgntv.com/2019/04/08/number-of-children-going-to-er-with-suicidal-thoughts-attempts-doubles-study-finds/ 
• Discussion of rise in nationwide suicide rates among young people, and impact of student suicides to their school district.
• Fake emergency call brings out SWAT team in Hartland; school put on lockdown (Harland, Wis.) https://www.wisn.com/article/fake-emergency-call-brings-out-swat-team-in-harltand-schoo/27102902
• Fake emergency cyber bullying call targets student as "active shooter."