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MSAD 6 outlines ALICE school-safety training, schedules parent webinar
Summary
MSAD 6 administrators described a district rollout of ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) training for staff, plans for parent outreach and staged student involvement, and answered directors’ questions about drills, trauma mitigation and facilities upgrades.
MSAD 6 leaders told the Board of Directors on April 7 that the district is rolling out ALICE — an active‑threat response framework — to staff and will begin broader parent and student engagement next week.
Assistant Superintendent Lori Napolitano said the district has trained a core group of instructors and introduced ALICE to staff at opening‑day training before expanding hands‑on exercises at each school. “ALICE is an acronym. A for alert, L for lockdown, I for inform, C for counter and E for evacuate,” Napolitano said. She described the approach as flexible: “you don't necessarily do them in any specific order…you're going to adapt the order according to whatever that situation is.”
The presentation gave directors the program’s rationale and rollout plan. Napolitano said staff have used research, including analyses of past campus attacks, to design training that emphasizes situational awareness and real‑time…
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