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District holds public hearing on 2026–27 safety plan, finds only minor changes
Summary
The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District held a public hearing on its 2026–27 district safety plan, reporting only administrative and staff-name updates and a reduction from two to one middle-school psychologist; the draft will be posted for 30 days of public comment before board adoption on Aug. 24.
The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District held a public hearing on the proposed 2026–27 district safety plan, and district leaders said the changes this year are minimal and largely administrative.
"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 while explaining the plan’s structure and appendices. The superintendent noted section 2 (prevention and intervention) now lists one psychologist at the middle school, down from two in prior plans, and that section 7 (sudden cardiac emergency) was added last year.
Officials reviewed multiple appendix updates: Christine Lowe is listed as the new food service director; Bishop Ludden was updated to "Bishop Ludden Grimes" in the school list; bus rosters, vehicle inventories and first-aid/CPR-trained staff rosters were refreshed. The superintendent said the district will post the revised draft on its website, begin a 30-day public comment period and return the plan for board adoption on Aug. 24. "Tomorrow, the draft safety plan will be updated on the website and communication will be sent out that... that will start the 30 day public comment period," the superintendent said.
The board did not take final action on the plan at the hearing; the superintendent said the district will submit the adopted plan to the New York State Education Department within 30 days of board adoption.
