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Mahomet-Seymour highlights safety event to connect first responders with students who have special needs
Summary
At a June 16 Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3 board meeting, staff described a May safety event that enrolled families of students with special needs in a premise-alert program and let children meet first responders to improve emergency outcomes.
Miss Northrop, a district staff member, told the Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3 Board of Education on June 16 that the district held an invite-only safety event on May 3 aimed at helping first responders recognize and respond to children with special needs.
The event, designed after concerns raised at an IEP meeting about elopement and new neighborhood construction, invited 75 families identified from district needs data; 31 RSVP'd and attended. "We have a 130 students who have communication needs," Northrop said, and "272 students who have medical protocols," citing examples ranging from allergies to seizure disorders.
The nut graf: district staff said the goals were to promote awareness among first…
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