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Board hears safety update and public concerns about polling sites, playgrounds and class sizes
Summary
District staff described new safety training menus and reporting plans; public commenters asked the board to revisit use of schools as polling places, raised playground-condition concerns on the West Side, and parents expressed alarm over last-minute teacher displacements and combo classes at some schools.
District safety officer Mr. Romero presented an updated safety and health report and a new safety-training menu that includes incident management, Stop the Bleed, preparedness drills, emergency action plans, self-defense and "verbal judo" de-escalation training. Romero said the district has trained more than 1,900 employees and proposed quarterly safety reports to the board.
During public comment, Kara Good urged the…
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