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Fulton City School District opens public comment on safety-plan updates to add cardiac emergency response
Summary
The district held a public hearing on state-required updates to its safety plan that add a cardiac emergency response section, including AED locations, CPR/AED-certified staff lists, training and a template for building plans. A draft is posted for public comment through Dec. 23.
A public hearing at the Fulton City School District on the district’s safety-plan update focused on a New York State Education Department memo that requires districts to include a cardiac emergency response plan in both building-level and district-level safety plans. Anne DeRue, an intern in the business office, said the memo formalizes existing emergency protocols and requires building plans to identify AED locations, the cardiac emergency response team and staff who are CPR/AED certified.
DeRue said the district added a district-level section that summarizes training requirements, AED placement and maintenance, communication protocols, practice drills and continuous improvement processes, and included templates for building teams to use when updating plans. She noted the state’s timing and the 30-day public-comment requirement mean districts have until Jan. 20 to complete district-level updates; building-level elements (AED locations, identified teams, certified staff) were due Sept. 1. A draft of the updated plan has been posted on the district website and the board is accepting public comments through Dec. 23.
The presentation did not include proposed changes to discipline or lockdown procedures; it focused on cardiovascular emergency readiness, signage and documentation of training and equipment maintenance. The board closed the public hearing with no substantive public comments recorded and scheduled next steps for finalizing the update by the state’s deadline.
