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District explains school crisis-intervention protocol and how families can prepare
Summary
Alisal Union student-services staff outlined the district’s crisis definitions, response team composition and the role of family safety plans; resources and emergency contacts were provided.
Diana García, Alisal Union director of student services, presented the district’s crisis-intervention protocol and described how staff distinguish between incidents, distress and a crisis that requires the full crisis-intervention team.
García defined a crisis as situations where a student is at risk of serious harm to themselves or others, including suicidal thoughts with a plan, severe aggression, severe panic attacks or psychotic episodes. She contrasted those events with common incidents (classroom disruptions, minor fights) and distress or a “bad day,” which staff handle locally.
García outlined the crisis team membership—administrators, counselors, social workers, psychologists, county mental-health therapists (referred to in the meeting as MCVH), and external Kinship MRT support—and described the decision steps: a brief risk screening, assessment questions, safety-plan development, and, when necessary, immediate referral or transport for a deeper evaluation (the presenter referenced a local facility, Natividad, for evaluations).
She emphasized the importance of an up-to-date family safety plan and emergency contact list so school staff can reach designated contacts if parents are unavailable. García said the district provides resource numbers for county mental-health services, Kinship MRT and a suicide hotline at the information table.
The presentation was informational; no policy change or formal action was taken at the meeting.
