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MEA presents survey showing rising staff-safety concerns; district, union debate BTAM application and intervention options
Summary
On April 15 the MEA reported that teachers'reports of feeling unsafe rose from 33% to 44% and argued that BTAM (behavioral threat assessment) protocols are inconsistently applied, prompting a long discussion of special-education legal limits, information-sharing, incident tracking and intervention-room or security options.
The Moscow School District bargaining session on April 15 moved from athletics to staff safety after the MEA presented survey results and asked for clearer, consistent application of the district's BTAM procedures.
The MEA representative summarized the union's findings: "Of the respondents who reported feeling unsafe, 76% reported the cause as student behavior," and "When surveyed, have you ever felt unsafe while performing your MSD job duties? 33% of teachers reported feeling unsafe in the 2025 survey. This year ... that jumped up to 44%."
District administrators acknowledged the…
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