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. 

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.