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District safety plan draws few changes; 30-day public comment period to start
Summary
Superintendent said the 2026–27 District Safety Plan contains only minimal substantive changes this year—key updates include a reduction from two to one middle-school psychologist, updates to bus evacuation lists, staff first-aid rosters, and appended personnel updates; the draft will be posted for a 30‑day public comment period before board adoption on Aug. 24.
The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District opened a public hearing on the 2026–27 district safety plan and the superintendent told the board and audience that this year's draft contains "very minimal" substantive changes because many required updates were completed in prior years.
"This year, you will, perhaps be excited to hear that there are very minimal changes because many of the required changes we had already done and had, set in process last year," the superintendent said, noting the draft organizes seven sections and several appendices.
Specific edits included removing an outdated section that rolled forward from 23–24 into subsequent years, reducing middle-school psychologist staffing from two positions to one (section 2, p.13), a custodial change for full-manager responsibilities (section 4, p.40), and multiple appendix updates: Christine Lowe is listed as the new food service director; Bishop Ludden is updated to Bishop Ludden Grimes; bus lists and emergency evacuation assignments were refreshed; and appendix entries updated staff and coaches who are first-aid and CPR trained (the superintendent said the high school achieved roughly a 95% training goal).
Board members were reminded that the building-level safety plans remain confidential while the district-level safety plan is public. The board will post the draft to the district website the day after the meeting to start a 30-day public comment period; the superintendent said the board will consider adoption on Aug. 24 and submit the final plan to NYSED within 30 days of that adoption.
The board invited questions and indicated additional operational edits (for example, incorporating the SPO agreement if approved later in the meeting) would be reflected in the version that enters the public comment period.
