Districtwide safety plan presented; staff outlines secure-lockout terminology and reunification revisions

District staff presented the districtwide safety plan and summarized updates during the Board of Education meeting, saying the changes were the product of last year’s work by the districtwide safety team. "I highlighted all the changes for this coming year," the staff member said, noting "probably about 12, 15 changes," primarily staff updates and revisions to organizational and response charts. The staff member said an appendix lists staff trained in CPR and AED and noted bleeding-control kits and tourniquets are placed in every AED cabinet.

The presenter said the State Education Department (SED) required a wording change for one emergency term. "We used to refer to a term lockout ... It’s now mandated to be referred to as secure lockout," the district staff member said, and the district has updated classroom cards, pre-recorded…