Archive for year: 2017

School Violence Among Students is out of Control

An employee at Gaithersburg High School says fights between students have gotten so out of control that even staff and teachers are at risk. The employee leaked 10 cell phone videos of student fights, including one that shows students fighting…

Social Media Threat Causes Increased Security at High School

A threat on social media led to increased security at Madison Central High School Monday. The alleged threat came from an Instagram account with the profile “molly._.23” and the name “MCHS School Shooter.” The bio of the account states…

Active Shooters are Changing School Security

School fire drills became popular decades ago after several deadly fires triggered changes in safety codes. Today, teachers and children are preparing for something entirely different: mass shootings. A gunman tried to break into a remote…

School Security Active Shooter Training

If confronted with the terrifying scenario of an active shooter, many schools across the country go into one mode: Lockdown. Powell school leaders don’t want that to be the case here. “A lockdown is no longer a viable option”…

Planning a Campus Mass Notification System

One of the most critical elements in any disaster planning and preparedness program is the use of an effective mass notification system to alert all staff, students, visitors, patients and vendors that there is an immediate emergency unfolding…

Bullying and Changes in School Violence

Reports of bullying and violence in America’s public schools are on the decline, according to a report published Thursday by the U.S. Education Department’s National Center for Education Statistics. The figures come from the department’s…

School Board Committee On Police In Schools

The Madison School Board’s ad-hoc committee on Educational Resource Officers is one-third of the way through its 15-month process to review, evaluate, and make recommendations about the use of police in schools. So far, committee members…

Washington State University Wants to Ban Student Athletes With Sexual Assault Convictions

Student body leaders at Washington State University are pushing the school to adopt a policy that would ban the recruitment of student athletes with prior sexual assault convictions. A letter sent in late June to WSU President Kirk Schulz…

College Bomb Threats Create Security Challenges

Earlier this month, USA Today reported that universities nationwide have recently suffered a rash of hoax bomb threats sent to printers and fax machines on their campuses.  Among the schools impacted, according to the report, include Vanderbilt…