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).