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District 94 updates safety protocols: door numbering, classroom action guides, drills and ALICE refresh
Summary
District operations staff described new door-numbering, classroom action guides, a mobile emergency-operations plan, an early ‘safety day’ with multiple drills, and mandatory ALICE refresher training for staff.
District 94 operations staff outlined multiple safety improvements for the coming school year, including new door numbering, printed classroom action guides, a mobile emergency-operations plan and an early safety day that will practice shelter, evacuation and lockdown drills. The staff member leading the report said the district replaced letter-based door identifiers with numbers to improve communications with outside responders and staff. Every classroom will have a laminated “classroom action guide” with standard-response instructions and emergency contact details; guides are posted near light switches and include the five standard response protocols: hold, secure, shelter, lockdown and evacuation. The district updated roles and responsibilities in its emergency action plan and added rail/railroad considerations to the emergency plan by fall 2026, the presenter said. Staff also added a QR code linking to a mobile emergency-operations plan accessible to employees with district email accounts. The presenter said the district will hold its first Safety Day on August 22 to run three drills early in the school year and that the district expects to do six to seven drills in the first three months and refresher drills in October during National School Safety Week. ALICE refresher training for staff will be provided through a vendor platform (presented in the meeting as Navigate360); the presenter said the district uses Navigate360 and that staff training records are maintained through that platform and the ROE (Regional Office of Education) logs required state drills. For reunification planning the presenter said two sites are identified: the library and the Jewel (grocery store) and noted high-school reunification presents unique challenges when students have access to vehicles. Board members and staff praised the set of materials and early drills as ways to get students and staff on the same emergency procedures sooner rather than later. The presenter said the operations updates and training grew from an internal audit completed in spring and were implemented over May–July.
