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Auburn superintendent outlines layered safety measures, anonymous reporting and school resource officer expansion
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Alan Spicciotti described the district’s safety systems — an anonymous hotline, web filters that flag at-risk searches, and expanded security personnel — and credited community engagements for supporting school safety.
Dr. Alan Spicciotti told listeners on the "That So Auburn" podcast that keeping students safe is the district’s daily priority and described several tools the Auburn School District uses to identify and respond to threats.
"If you see something, say something," Spicciotti said, explaining the district operates an anonymous hotline and a web filter that flags searches and messages on district devices so counselors can follow up when a student may be at risk. He said those systems "have prevented things" and allowed staff to intervene before incidents escalated.
Spicciotti said the district has expanded its security staffing over the last decade, growing from three school security officers to 12 and increasing assigned police school resource officers (SROs) from one to three. He described the district’s partnership with the Auburn Police Department as "healthy" and said SROs balance enforcement duties with a role in education and relationship-building with students.
He also described recent community listening sessions organized under the Safer Auburn initiative, saying the meetings brought hundreds of residents together to voice concerns and offer community-based solutions. Spicciotti said those conversations gave him "hope" because they showed broad willingness to be part of solutions and to support students and schools.
The superintendent said physical security investments — fencing, locks and cameras — have been made alongside personnel and digital reporting tools. He noted that some resources are not visible to the public and emphasized that the district’s safety work is continual rather than finished.
