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District safety team reviews emergency protocols; board moves to executive session for plan review
Summary
The district safety team briefed the board on standard response protocols, visitor management and reunification tools. The board voted to go into executive session to review the district emergency operations plan pursuant to statutory authority.
School district staff presented a public overview Wednesday of safety practices and emergency protocols, including the Standard Response Protocol from the I Love You Guys Foundation, visitor management via the Raptor system and reunification procedures, then the board moved to review the district emergency plan in executive session.
Christine (district safety team lead) told the board the safety team meets weekly with school resource officers, facilities and technology staff and that administrators from each building will join monthly. She described district expectations for staff badges, radio etiquette and procedures around holds, secures, lockdowns, evacuations and sheltering in place. “We have that common understanding to never prop a door open,” she said, and noted staff training and technical work ties, such as ensuring intercom, door and app functions integrate.
Why it matters: the presentation summarized routine drills and technology the district uses to manage incidents and drills, including Raptor for visitor management and reunification and Gaggle for device monitoring. The board then approved entering an executive session to review the district emergency operations plan under the cited authority, a routine step the board uses to discuss sensitive response details away from public record.
Details and follow up: staff said each school has a building‑level emergency plan and the district plan is distributed to Windham and Raymond public safety partners; principals and administrators receive annual updates. The safety team also reported newer practices such as sending advance drill schedules to the central Raptor system, and that the district will continue targeted trainings for nutrition, transportation, custodial and other staff who may not be present for central sessions.
Action taken: the board voted to go into executive session to consider the emergency response plan pursuant to 1 MRSA subsection 4056(f). A separate executive session later in the meeting began to review the district comprehensive emergency plan with the safety team; the board did not disclose plan specifics in open session.
