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District reviews emergency operations plan; officials describe monthly drills and law-enforcement coordination
Summary
Jackson Public School District staff reported that schools test components of the district Emergency Operations Plan through monthly drills, that 31 of 36 schools had updated crisis response plans, and that the district is working to align drills, floor plans and communications with local law enforcement.
Mark Young, the district’s director of emergency management, briefed the board on the Jackson Public School District’s 2024–25 Emergency Operations Plan and described how the district tests and updates school-level crisis response plans (CRPs).
Young said schools test CRP components monthly and perform 19 prescribed drills — nine fire drills and 10 other drills such as intruder/lockdown, bus evacuation and tornado drills — and that the CRP mirrors the district EOP. “They test those plans, every month,” he said.
Young said district staff review drill documentation and that, at the time of the report, 31 of 36…
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