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Sto‑Rox security director says incident rates stable, outlines threat‑assessment and drill plans
Summary
Michael Petragala, the district's director of school security, presented discipline and safety metrics showing similar incident counts year‑to‑year, described changes to threat‑assessment procedures and announced planned lockdown and evacuation drills.
Michael Petragala, Sto‑Rox School District's director of school security, told the board the district's safety metrics for Aug. 1, 2024 through Jan. 31, 2025 show the same top incident types as the prior period and that counts are largely stable when accounting for improved reporting.
"The top incidents both years were class skipping, physical aggression, defiance, disruption and out of bounds," Petragala said, adding the district has drilled down into the data and moved to a more rigorous, electronic reporting system to make the numbers "accurate and actionable." He noted some year‑to‑year increases reflect better capture rather than…
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