Safety & Security Updates and Training. December 21, 2017

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1 Strong Schools Strong Community Safety & Security Updates and Training December 21, 2017

2 WPS Safety & Security Team Members Members of the Safety & Security Team include: Assistant Superintendent for Administration & Personnel- Facilitator Coordinator of Health Services Director of Maintenance WeyCare Director Transportation Manager Principal Reps from all levels School Committee Member Weymouth Police Department Representatives School Resource Officers Weymouth Fire Department Representatives

3 WPS Security Efforts Increased efforts to enhance safety at all buildings Recent updates to cameras at WHS w/ semi-annual meetings with vendor Cameras added in key places at WHS to increase security School staff received a maroon & gold breakaway lanyard to secure ID; school colors identify staff members as WPS employees Daily substitutes are provided a gold lanyard/ ID when entering the building and signing in each day Visitors receive a blue lanyard/ visitor ID when signing in at all primary; visitor stickers printed out with picture ID at middle and high school All staff asked to help ensure safety at all schools by inquiring when an ID is not visible, as the Safety & Security team has implemented these new expectations in the best interests of staff and students Anyone who will be unsupervised with children must have CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) and SAFIS (Statewide Applicant Fingerprint Identification Services) results on file Keyless entry at all twelve buildings, with additional doors added to keep doors locked before, during, and after school

4 Security Protocols

5 District-wide Safety & Security Tri-annual refresher training for all PreK-12 staff by Dr. Kustka and WPD; 350 staff trained at 9/19 PD; 400+ during 11/7 PD Additional staff to be scheduled for refresher shortly Schools required by law to complete four safety drills/ year; three must be fire drills Added second lockdown/ safety drill this year (Totaling 5 drills/ yr.) 4 L s Posters and toolkits provided to all classrooms Looking to purchase additional barricades to reinforce interior doors No trespassing/ Stop signs to be printed for all buildings main entrances District Department Heads and PreK-12 principals all received a district-wide radio that can be used for safety communication

6 Security Signage

7 Current Safety Protocols Streamlined protocols admin can carry in evacuation (red safety binder) Includes updated Weymouth Bomb Threat Assessment and Report Form Info on all evacuation sites (maps), crisis teams, safety drills, 4Ls training, sub & visitor protocols, etc. Dedicated Chromebook to be taken to evacuation sites to help with reunification Assistant Superintendent and representatives meet regularly with each offsite leader to review offsite procedures and ensure site is still available for WPS evacuation needs Have invited private school leaders to Safety & Security Mtgs as needed Began a Health & Safety Committee with Unit A reps & admin Emergency Response Guides Updated and reprinted in 2016

8 Emergency Response Guides Updated by Safety & Security May 2016 to reflect new procedures

9 Transportation Safety & Security Ongoing work with First Student to update Safety & Security on Buses All First Student buses equipped with video cameras Able to view video and identify safety concerns needing to be addressed First Student holding monthly safety training with staff Ongoing communication between WPS HR & 1 st Student to ensure CORI and SAFIS process being followed District-wide fall trainings: Bus evacuation drills occur at each building with First student drivers and SRO support WPS drivers participate in CPR & First Aid PD each year

10 Annual Safety Checks Last two summers completed Safety Committee Checks at all buildings. With Director of Maintenance visited all 12 buildings to identify current needs July Identified district-wide and building-specific priorities to focus on & Raptor system at all secondary schools-does security checks-would like at all buildings eventually. If new building approved for Chapman, will ensure safety updates in proposed plan (cameras/ security entrance, etc.)

11 Safety Updates at Academy Added a security window. ID checked prior to admittance beyond front entrance. Interior doors remain locked during the day. Office door must be unlocked to admit. Interior doors can be buzzed to allow entrance. Added peephole to WeyCare Entrance. Bathroom windows adjacent parking locked to prevent entrance.

12 Safety Updates at Academy

13 Safety Updates at Hamilton Added a security window. ID checked prior to admittance beyond front entrance. Interior doors remain locked during the day. Office door must be unlocked to admit. Interior doors can be buzzed to allow entrance.

14 Safety Updates at Hamilton

15 Safety Updates at Johnson Additional FOB system at playground door #4 so doors never propped New Security entrance in-process (former principal office) Window added between doors Second buzzer system will be added in interior fire doors

16 Safety Updates at Johnson

17 Safety Updates at WHS Install Security gates for exterior CTE doors-april 2018 Security Cameras repaired and added in varying placesquality much better New security entrance on gold side- ensures that people are screened before admittance More visibility of administrators before and after school and throughout the day-overall decrease in security concerns Security cameras outside on field need updating to improve visibility

18 Safety Updates at WHS

19 Safety Initiatives Cont. Adams-Have added guidance door lock and buzzer to interior from office; just added a fence on Academy side to enhance WeyCare safety; this Feb building security entrance in office Chapman-Summer 2018 have a plan waiting for building inspector approval to add security window at main door Murphy, Nash, Pingree, Seach Talbot, Wessagusett: Have various plans for enclosing all six buildings in provided funding available through Capital Plan Security Glass to be added to each entrance, like at updated buildings Ongoing mtgs/communication between central admin & WPD/SROs to debrief protocols and improve safety

20 Questions & Discussion