Hammond spoke about the chain of events that followed the tragic school shootings at Columbine High School in April of this year. She also discussed violence prevention methods and what schools can do to be proactive instead of reactive in times of crisis. We feel it's important to prepare our members for crisis situations as well as to teach them what they should do when a crisis occurs. They are concerned about their children, and they want their schools to be safe. The resolution directs local boards of education to revisit and rebuild their district level safe school plans.
Local boards are to instruct each school in their district to do the same.
The plans will be reviewed by DPI and the Center for the Prevention of School Violence. DPI plans to develop stronger accountability standards for the development and measurement of those safe school plans.