School Evacuation and Parent-Student Reunification: The School Safety Challenge Hiding in Plain Sight
When school leaders discuss #schoolsafety and #schoolsecurity, the conversation often centers on active shooters, access control, weapons detection systems, panic buttons, and other visible security measures. Yet one of the most complex and frequently overlooked aspects of school emergency preparedness is far less likely to make headlines: Parent-student reunification following a school evacuation. Many school […]
Franklin Regional High School stabbing: Was pulling the fire alarm the best practice?
One student stabbed and/or injured twenty-two students and staff on April 9th in the hallways of a Pennsylvania high school. Once again, a tragedy played out in the hallways of our schools. What is troubling to me is the continued media reports of what a “good” thing it was for an injured student to pull […]