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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM MR. SILVERMAN!!

Our thoughts and prayers go out to our friends and neighbors in Broward County following the horrific school shooting yesterday. We can only imagine the terrific sadness and shock that the students, parents, school staff, and community are feeling this morning and hope that we never have to experience such a terrible tragedy.

I want everyone to know that although these events are all too common, we have security measures in place at Christa McAuliffe to help prevent such a scenario from occurring here.

We have one School Police Officer on campus at all times

We also have one Police Aide on campus
Our front entry gates are locked during the school day and visitors must be let in once we have identified them
All classroom doors are closed and locked at all times
Procedures are in place in the event of a “Code Red” (intruder on campus) and drills have taken place.

Starting today we will tighten some of these procedures further.

Visitors to the front gate will be asked to identify themselves as well as their purpose for being here. This includes parents, delivery staff, District staff, etc.
If we do not recognize a parent, we will be asking who their child is and then we will check our database to make sure that parent is legitimate
We may ask identification prior to allowing entry
Student movement on campus will be limited today to lessen the number of students in the hallways during classtime
Teachers will be asked to be in the halls during every bell break

We will communicate with our students today that we will do everything we can to make sure they are safe and will also communicate the safety precautions mentioned above.

Administration will be reviewing these procedures today and will make any adjustments needed to insure our safety.

Those of you who know me understand that I consider our 1300 students to be “my” kids while they are here. I am committed to making them, our staff, and our parents safe while they are here at school.

Again, our thoughts need to be with those that lost their lives yesterday as well as their families and friends.

Thanks-
Jeff



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