001welcome USD 264 parents patrons community members stakeholders and then people watching on YouTube Welcome to Clearwater Clarity volume 3 for October 2023. as we're moving through some of our videos here we're really focusing in on some of the pieces of the Strategic plan and making sure we understand how we are utilizing the Strategic plan at USD 264 and when we're utilizing the Strategic plan where we're focused on either increasing student achievement implementing whole child student-centered programming developing those deep relationships and providing consistent relevant communication we have three steps in getting that information to you first is we need to make sure that we're understanding the why why are we doing this so why do we have a strategic plan and why are we making sure that we're focusing in on these the second step is
002we're going to really focus on what what are we going to actually do underneath these goals in the areas that we're going to focus on and then finally how are we actually going to achieve this so today in this month we're going to really focus on the what portion of providing consistent real communication as it relates to our crisis plan so about a year ago there was a group of stakeholders and people from Orion service center here in town that went together to put this crisis plan together what we were attempting to do is create a one page that teachers would be able to have and all staff currently have this to along with their GO bags in their rooms where it gives them exactly bulleted items of what to do in case of these
003different types of Crisis that they could go through in any given day unfortunately the world we live in these are becoming more of a reality and so we want to make sure that everyone's prepared for all the eventual activities that may go on as you may or may not be aware officer Jacks of the Clearwater PD and our school SRO also filed for a grant with Sedgwick County resource center and was able to provide tourniquet bags for each one of our building and he's also working on getting a second bag for each building so we'll have those resources available to us as well but today we're going to really focus on the what portion of our crisis plan because within uh strategic plan goal number four where we want consistent relevant communication we're really focusing
004in on these top three areas some of the other activities within the crisis plan are activities that were a little bit more used to and we've dealt with in a more consistent manner but unfortunately the active assailant Holden educating holds secure are things that you're going to see or hear on social media as a parent or Community member and we want you to be able to understand what those pieces mean and what is the actual activity that potentially is going on at the school during that time so the first one we're really going to look at is Holden educate so hold and educate is when there's a low level emergency happening within a building and it's just an opportunity where we need to keep the hallways clear this could be due to a medical emergency
005a adult emergency within the building where we just want to keep students in the classrooms at this point in time education will go on normally and there is just no threat to the students at that time it's just a way to help protect people or if we have a medical emergency and the ambulance or someone like that is needing to get into the building we want to make sure that the hallways are clear so that we don't interfere with providing that support as fast as possible another one that we just added in for this year due to a unique situation is called an external hold and educate so if we see that within our social media posting that is when there's an emergency near the building that is not actually threatening any of our students
006so earlier this year we had a gas leak where there was Crews working on a different part of town and they actually busted a gas line and at that point in time in consult a consultation with Clearwater PD we went into a hold and educate but it wasn't to keep kids out of the hallways it was just to keep kids in the building and so in doing that we've termed a new area called external hold and educate where we will keep all students in the building to just protect them from a potential outside emergency that is happening within the city limits but is not threatening to the building so again hold and educate education goes on normally there's a low level emergency within the building that we're just wanting to keep hallways clear our second
007level is Holden secure so this is when there is a threat immediately to the building that threat has yet to be determined of what the next step will actually be but we've determined there is a threat so we'll go into holding secure difference between hold and educate and hold and secure is that students will immediately go to the nearest classroom and will lock doors hold educate we're not locking doors we're just keeping everyone in the classroom hold and secure we're moving to the next level and so all students will be able to get into the nearest classroom teachers will lock the doors and then they'll wait for the next piece of information they'll come be it either an email or radio and a lot of times it's going to say hold and secure here there
008is a blank happening somewhere within the building and so that will give the information for the staff and the students to be able to understand what should they do in the next step based on the training so if an intruder is in the building there will be a notification of where that Intruder is and that'll help activate that next step so again Hogan educate everything goes on normally we're just keeping the hallways clear hold and secure there is a threat to the building and there's a threat of safety to the students and so they've asked them to go into the nearest classroom and lock the doors if there's an intruder we'll notify the building or the staff and the students of where that Intruder is because that allows them to go into the next step
009again unfortunately we're in a world where this is a practice that we're going to have to continue to work on and hopefully just knock on wood that is not something we ever actually have to deal with but if it does we want to make sure all of our students and staff are prepared so we will notify whether thetruder is it may be staff and students the Intruder is in this hallway and when that activates to that hallway students will use the Run hide fight method for deciding what is the next steps if they are far enough away from the Intruder that they're not in an active threat they will try to run and get away as far from the building and go to the reunification point at that point in time if they are in
010a situation where they may be close to the Intruder and by going and running they may alert them there to go into hide and that is to be able to find the best hiding spot within that classroom and to also barricade the room as best as they can and then finally if something were to ever happen and the Intruder was to breach a classroom students are going to be taught and shown how to be able to fight and defend themselves as best as possible again all depending on the situation after that is completed all staff and students will then go to the reunification Point again we don't broadcast where the reunification point is just for safety measures but you will be notified through bright Arrow where that is that if an event were to happen
011at that point in time a command center will be set up for renew reunification of students to parents you will have to provide some sort of identification to be able to take your students from that point in time because we will be having people that may not be connected to your building so there'll be a command center set up where you'll go and you'll give them your name the name of the student you also provide some ID and then from there we'll be able to get your student and get them reunified with you in case of an event get three different levels cold and educate everything goes on normally we're just got an emergency in the hallway hold and secure there is a threat to the building and so we're going to get to the
012nearest classroom and lock the doors and of course if there's an intruder in the building we're going to utilize a run height fight technique it has been a couple years since we've had a training for our staff on run height fight so I'm proud to say on October 9th we'll have Terry Moses from Wichita Public Schools who is the director of Public Safety for USD 259 he's going to come out and give a refresher course for all staff on run hide fight principles so that we're preparing the event of an emergency finally to kind of wrap that up that is sometimes some intense work but it is to also provide that consistent relevant communication for you as staff members but we want to continue to focus on being the one for someone else this world
013is already difficult to navigate itself in with social media with sometimes the inconsistent information that is out there and with not necessarily always telling things the way that they are so we want to make sure that kids have a safe space to be able to come to school and that they are able to have an adult that they can rely on so again if your student is struggling with things at school make sure that they understand there should be an adult there for them that they can trust and go to because our vision and mission for this year is to make sure that we're being the one for someone whether it is also a student being there for someone else or whether it is a student being there for a staff member at the same
014time because you never know what someone's going through until they're going through it and we want to be there to support them so again we thank you for helping that and as our last announcement we're going to start a new process on the first Wednesday of each month where we're going to have coffee with the soup which will be me you'll have an opportunity to just grab some coffee first 25 people that come to the event is going to be given a free coffee and you're going to be able to just sit down we'll have a little q a about the district strategic plan and other needs our first one will be October 4th so it's coming up just in a couple days and we'll be at the jump start location starting at 7 A.M
015so look forward to anybody coming out and wanted to have an opportunity to visit with us and see how things are going again look forward to seeing everybody again next month in the next version of Clearwater Clarity and have a great day don't forget to be the one for someone else