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Riverhead board approves districtwide safety plan; public raises objections to SRO reinstatement
Summary
After a presentation on revised New York State workplace-violence and emergency-planning rules, the Riverhead Central School District Board approved a districtwide school safety plan; public commenters objected to how a recent special meeting that reinstated SROs was noticed.
The Riverhead Central School District Board of Education on Sept. 10 voted to adopt a districtwide school safety plan following a presentation by district safety official Terry Culhane outlining recently amended New York State workplace-violence and emergency-planning requirements.
"The New York State workplace violence prevention law was recently amended to include all elementary and secondary educational facilities," Culhane told the board, summarizing required elements such as a written policy, a risk-assessment evaluation, an incident-reporting system and employee education on recognizing and reporting threats. He described the plan as twofold: a published districtwide plan and…
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