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District presents new emergency protocol, plans emergency trailer and classroom supply refresh
Summary
District safety lead briefed the board on adopting the I Love You Guys Foundation Standard Response Protocol, training for staff and students, inventorying and refreshing classroom emergency backpacks, and acquiring an emergency trailer to support reunification and extended evacuations.
The Snoqualmie Valley School District’s safety lead, Dr. Shioone, told the board Jan. 22 that the district has begun implementing the I Love You Guys Foundation Standard Response Protocol (SRP) to give staff and students a single, consistent set of responses for emergencies.
"This gives us a common language for response to any type of emergency situation," Dr. Shioone said, outlining the SRP’s five responses (hold, secure, lockdown, evacuate and shelter) and saying all staff and students have been trained to date. She said the district has done tabletop exercises with administrators and is expanding training to parents and staff.
The presentation listed several operational steps under way: a full inventory of classroom emergency backpacks, quotes for updated supplies, planned quality checks in June to determine which items can be salvaged and a backpack refresh so each classroom will be stocked with first-aid and basic comfort supplies for evacuations.
Dr. Shioone also described plans to acquire an emergency trailer after lessons learned from recent flooding. "The emergency trailer will allow us to bring supplies to our buildings who are reunifying," she said, adding it would support on‑site and off‑site reunification and provide supplies if a building remains evacuated for an extended period.
Board members pressed for details about who would receive more intensive training. Dr. Shioone said the district will first offer a run/hide/fight (train‑the‑trainer) program to administrators, then make optional staff sessions available and consider age‑appropriate elements for students. She said police and fire partners will participate in drills and the district is updating radio training and incident command structure exercises to improve emergency communications and role clarity.
The presentation closed with a commitment to continued outreach; Dr. Shioone said the district will run safety tips with communications and offer parent trainings. The board thanked the presenter and moved on to other agenda items.
