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Richland 2 renames security office, highlights Syntegix emergency system and winter response work
Summary
District safety leaders described a retitling of the security department to the Office of Safety and Emergency Services, responsibilities of the office, upgraded radios and the Syntegix emergency notification system, and their winter weather staffing and response practices.
The Office of Safety and Emergency Services told the Richland School District Two board on Jan. 28 that the department had been retitled from “security” to better reflect its range of duties and partnerships, cited recent technology upgrades and described its role in weather response and reunification planning.
“We have been retitled. We were previously known as the security department… the office is now the Office of Safety and Emergency Services,” said Mark Claxton, the district’s safety director, adding that the staff are “safety assistants” and supervisors have revised job titles…
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