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Board hears updates to districtwide safety plan, details on drills and training
Summary
At a public hearing, the board reviewed updates to the South Orangetown Central School District's 75‑page districtwide safety plan, including added SRO membership, an updated security MOU, new drill-notification rules from SED, and expanded CPR/bleeding-control training.
Speaker 3 presented the districtwide safety plan and summarized recent changes at a public hearing held during the board meeting. The plan and a summary of confidential building-level plans were posted to the district website on July 12 after a 30‑day public comment period.
Speaker 3 said the public document is about 75 pages long and that the district updated approximately a dozen sections this year. Notable changes listed in the presentation included requiring both school resource officers to be part of the district safety team, an updated memorandum of understanding for 2024–25 with the district's security guard vendor, and clarified duties for the chief emergency officer (Speaker 3 said the district’s CE0 duties are described in the plan and identified himself as the chief emergency officer).
Training and medical-response items were highlighted: the…
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