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Parents say delayed communication worsened response after tree fell on Hilltop fourth-grade class
Summary
Two parents told the Canfield Local School District board that emergency communication after a March 14 incident at Hilltop Elementary was inadequate, and urged clearer, faster notification protocols; the board said it will review communication procedures.
Two parents who said their children were in a Hilltop Elementary fourth-grade classroom when a tree fell on March 14 told the Canfield Local School District Board of Education on April 9 that they received no direct district communication during or after the incident and that silence increased parental distress.
Kristen West, a parent who said her son was in the affected class, said in public comment that news of ambulances at the school spread by text and that “the silence was deafening.” She told the board she expected at least a text or call from district leaders and said nearly a month later she still had not received an explanatory message.
“All of the parental angst could have been avoided had a call gone out that day,” West…
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