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New CDC tool helps schools decide about reopening
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 by Paul Kazlauskas
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has posted a handy tool “to assist school administrators in making (re)opening decisions regarding K-12 schools during the COVID-19 pandemic,” it says.
The CDC goes on to say, “It is important to check with state and local health officials and other partners to determine the most appropriate actions while adjusting to meet the unique needs and circumstances of the local community.”
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Four phases of school emergency management
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 by Paul Kazlauskas
According to the United States Department of Education, an all-inclusive school emergency plan is built on the four phases of emergency management and provide direction to the entire school community:
Prevention/Mitigation
Preparedness
Response
Recovery
School emergency plans must document everything that is required to implement and maintain the plan. Plans should be put in writing, communicated to all staff, and practiced regularly through drills and exercises. School staff should ...
Meaningful and affordable school security improvements that can be implemented before next year
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 by Paul Kazlauskas
School security plays a crucial role in supporting the intellectual, social, and emotional growth of students. There is a lot of pressure on administrators to “get it right” by efficiently spending the budget and making the school as secure as it can be. There are also a multitude of security improvement options to consider. The process of securing the school building and its occupants can be overwhelming. What can a school do to improve its security before the next school year ...
7 visitor policy basics to keep your school safe
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 by Paul Kazlauskas
To help ensure the security of your students and staff, we recommend that you badge every visitor to your school. According to Ken Trump, President & CEO of the National School Safety & Security Services, "visitor identification should be mandatory in all schools; visitors should be issued a clearly visible identification tag to be worn at all times that they are on school premises."
School security is serious business and visitor identification is just one element that ...
School visitor procedures - how to inform parents & school staff about what is expected
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 by Paul Kazlauskas
Schools occasionally have a hard time getting visitors to comply with their manual sign-in or electronic registration protocol. Parents, in particular, might not feel the need to comply because their children are students and they don’t consider themselves “visitors”. Parents may consider themselves more welcome than the average visitor. So, parents (your most common visitors) and school staff (who will enforce this process) need to know what is expected of them.Below are ...
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