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Barnstable committee hears detailed school safety plan including CSTAG threat assessments and unified emergency language
Summary
Directors and school resource officers outlined new district training on threat assessments, a standard five-part emergency response protocol and anonymous reporting tools; officials urged families to stay enrolled in district alerts and asked how parents will be notified in a crisis.
School committee members on Oct. 1 heard an extended presentation on school safety that detailed the district's approach to threat assessment, emergency response and family notification.
The district's director of social-emotional learning and student services, Mary Beth Taylor, described a layered program that combines staff training, partnerships with campus police and expanded tools for students and families. "I oversee the family engagement center, the nurses, the counselors, and the crisis team," Taylor said, summarizing the office that coordinates investigations, supports and outreach.
The presentation said threat assessment work uses the Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG), a research-based, multidisciplinary protocol that asks teams to gather information, interview witnesses and decide whether a given threat is transient, serious or indicates intent. Taylor described CSTAG…
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