Greece Central presents updated districtwide safety plan; weapons-detection rollout described as successful

Casey Voekel, director of school safety and security for Greece Central School District, presented a yearly update to the districtwide safety plan and said the plan will be posted on the district website for no less than 30 days for public review before the Board of Education considers adopting it.

Nut graf: The presentation summarized changes required or recommended by New York State, clarified how building-level emergency response plans relate to the district plan, and described the phased rollout of weapon-detection equipment at several district schools. The district noted new language to align with state trauma-informed training requirements and a change in terminology from “lockout” to “secure lockout.”

Voekel said the district updates the districtwide safety plan annually to comply with New York State Education Department requirements and that this year’s changes were largely minor and compliance-driven. “We were kind of ahead of…