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Board hears safety committee presentation on CSTAG implementation
Summary
The safety committee reported on district implementation of Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG), noting a year of implementation and a recommendation to improve community communication about threat-assessment processes.
Andy, reporting from the safety committee, summarized a presentation by Dr. James Babcock on Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG). "It's a systematic approach for addressing if a student becomes aware or another student initiates a threat of physical violence, and how do you stage it through and decide whether this is real and what reaction should the school district take," he said, adding that the district has been implementing CSTAG for more than a year.
Committee members said CSTAG aims to prevent both overreaction and underreaction when students report threats and recommended continued staff training and better public information so the community understands the process. The board agreed the program was useful but noted an opportunity to do more outreach to parents about what CSTAG is and how the district applies it.
