Farmington Public Schools details large safety push: trainings, building EOPs, hall monitors and reunification plans
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Summary
Director of safety Allison Robinson told the board the district expanded training (Prepare 1, ALICE, CPR), customized building emergency operations plans, rolled out heart‑safe certification for all schools, and contracted Shield hall monitors for high schools; next steps include reunification planning and evaluating visitor‑management systems.
Allison Robinson, the district's director of safety and athletics, presented a multi‑part update Nov. 18 on how Farmington Public Schools is strengthening emergency preparedness and student supports.
Robinson described multi‑layer training this year: Prepare 1 crisis preparedness for administrators and front office staff, ALICE training led by the Farmington Hills Police Department for staff, stop‑the‑bleed training led by district nurses, and CPR trainings that have been expanded to secretaries and other staff. She estimated the district will add roughly 60–70 additional staff members with hands‑on CPR/first‑aid certification through ongoing sessions and building‑level training.
On planning, Robinson said the district moved from a single district emergency operations plan to tailored building‑level EOPs completed last June and reviewed with building crisis teams. She also outlined athletic and off‑site emergency action plans for venues used by teams (bowling, golf, Mount Brighton ski hill) and described new rally‑point evacuation drills in which students walk to off‑site rally points and take attendance.
Robinson highlighted a recent contract with Shield (SCC) to provide hall monitors: three full‑time at Farmington High, two at North Farmington, plus a floating manager who supports multiple buildings. She described the role as both relationship‑focused and security trained, and said the monitors have helped clear unsupervised spaces and allowed some existing staff to move into middle‑school monitoring roles.
Preventive and student‑support measures include continued use of Care Solace for family referrals to mental‑health providers and student welcome meetings to create individualized supports for new or at‑risk students. Robinson said reunification planning—identifying longer‑term reunification sites and rehearsing transport from rally points—is the next major initiative and that the district is evaluating visitor‑management and wearable badge systems (Centegetics, Raptor) to improve building entry screening and rapid staff alerts.
Board members asked about metrics to measure hall‑monitor impact, broadening "okay to say" assemblies to all schools, and whether CPR training might be required more broadly; Robinson said metrics and additional training are under development and that administrative regulations will implement policy changes. Trustees praised the district's focus on proactive, people‑centered safety measures and thanked staff for coordination with police, fire, nurses and athletic trainers.
Next steps: Robinson said the district will draft reunification plans, continue building‑level drills, and return with operational metrics and cost implications for additional safety investments.
