• List of Safety Enhancements

    • School-based threat assessment teams

    • Confidential safety and security audit by the Pennsylvania State Police

    • Run-Hide-Defend model for responding to school intruders as recommended by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security

    • Implementation of ongoing dynamic safety drills, including lockdown drills in response to a variety of threats, with changing conditions

    • Main entrance buzz-in system at each school

    • Increased camera surveillance

    • Panic buttons in the main office of each school

    • Replacement/redesign of designated glass panels with other materials or glazing for visual blockage

    • Classroom/room door hardware installation with a quick lock mechanism in an emergency

    • Lockdown door magnets for quick lock during an emergency

    • Site fencing at all schools

    • Proximity card readers for staff members to access school buildings

    • Window signage indicating room number

    • Contracted buses are now equipped with GPS to gather real-time information in an emergency

    • Concussion Management Teams (CMTs) in each school to monitor academic, emotional and physical symptoms

    • Additional Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in the school buildings