Message from the Executive Director

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Oversees and distributes Safe Schools Funds to each local school district including the Kentucky School for the Blind and the Kentucky School for the Deaf

Oversees the KCSS operating budget Provides technical assistance to school offi cials,

teachers, counselors and parents throughout the state

Conducts over 50 Safe School Assessments in at least 25 school districts each school year

Conducts biennial survey of each of the state’s public school superintendents and principals regarding their satisfaction/dis-satisfaction with KCSS

Works closely with Justice and Law Enforcement Training (JLET) to ensure that Ky.’s juvenile justice and law enforcement agencies and the judicial system provide direct assistance to the schools

Supports and evaluates (via biennial survey)SRO (School Resource Offi cer) services across the state

Independently studies issues that are or could impact school climate and culture

Offers Post-secondary services, including a 12-hour Kentucky School Safety endorsement from Murray State University, materials and curricula on best practices in school safety and assistance with grant funding opportunities

Analyzes data and reports, such as the Safe Schools Data Project

Communicates on a continued basis with the governor’s offi ce, Kentucky Department of Education, and General Assembly

Maintains a clearinghouse of information/materials to enhance safe and healthy learning environments

Advises the Kentucky Department of Education on administrative policies and regulations

Provides continuous updates of the Emergency Management Resource Guide

Roles and Responsibilities of theKentucky Center for School Safety (KCSS)Since its establishment in 1998 as a component of House Bill 330, KCSS has been the state’s agency charged with facilitating Ky.’s public school districts with services to assist them in promoting safe and healthy learning environments. In 2013, that includes 173 school districts (1,233 schools) as well as the Kentucky School for the Blind and the Kentucky School for the Deaf. Located on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University in the Stratton Building, KCSS:

Guiding the work of the Center is a 12-member Board of Directors, each of whom has a term limit, appointed by the governor

Now, more than ever before, school offi cials

and first responders are gathering around tables throughout the nation to

discuss school safety planning with an all-hazards approach. In Kentucky, we have seen the passage of Senate Bill 8 and House Bill 354 and now implementation has begun. School emergency management plans are being revised and updated; faculties are receiving update training on how to manage emergencies should they occur; and schools are practicing all of the four major emergency response drills during the fi rst 30 days of school and again at the beginning of the second semester (at the very least.) What a difference a year can make!

To add to this momentum, thanks to the concerted efforts of Commissioner Holliday, Governor Beshear and the General Assembly, the Safe Schools Allocation will be restored by 2016. This will mean a 60% increase in Safe School Funds for all of Kentucky’s public school districts! As many of you know, the target was to restore these funds to the same level as they were in 2008, and this increase will thankfully enable us to hit that target! To clarify, currently (FY14) the state allocation is $4.1 million, but beginning July 1, 2014 (FY15), that changes to $7.2 million and then on July 1, 2015 (FY16) the allocation will be $10.3 million! (See graph illustration below.)

I am confi dent that I speak for educators across the state when I say THANK YOU to the aforementioned for restoring these funds to a level that will make a signifi cant and positive difference in the steps that can be taken in our schools to increase safety for our children and their school staffs.

Now what? What will schools and districts do when these funds are restored to the level I have described above?

Well, if history truly does repeat itself, we will begin to see many school districts resume efforts toward enhancing their alternative education programming. Almost certainly, with the enactment of the new Drop-Out law, there will be an even greater need to provide an array of programs to keep at-risk students on track toward completion of their high school diploma. This will necessitate additional and enriched intervention services to address the behaviors that often lead to student placement in any of these non-traditional learning environments. Further, some school districts will re-establish professional development training in the areas of bullying prevention and nurturing school climate and culture practices. Additionally, more schools will now have the ability to improve day-to-day school safety habits and update or replace security equipment (which is long overdue for update or replacement.) Then, fi nally and equally important, some school districts will use these increased funds to assist in hiring a full-time School Resource Offi cer, a proven attribute to any school’s overall security level. All in all, school districts will now be able to better address the safety concerns that they identify each year in their safety plans.

As the director of the Center, I plan to work diligently to restore many of the services that we at KCSS have had to place on hold during the previous six years. Regional trainings throughout the state will be restored; the Classifi ed Employee Institute will be revived, as will the DPP/Truancy Symposium; more Safe School Assessments will be conducted and more

technical services will be rendered to schools upon request. Also, an enhanced Safe Schools Conference will be held in 2015, as well as an expanded Youth Symposium.

In summary, our school offi cials and their staffs have once again been given the funding to strengthen their overall safety plans and intensify their efforts toward school safety. Again and as such, we have much for which to be grateful and even more upon which to work. We must be good stewards of these funds and make good things happen throughout our Commonwealth…all under the

umbrella of keeping kids and their school staffs safe each and every day.

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Safe School Assessments – 755 and Counting...

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Safe School Assessments Around the State since 2003

*Assessments conducted in all shaded school districts

The Safe School Assessment Process

• Superintendent makes request for assessment (typically in spring).

• KCSS schedules assessment with Safe Schools Coordinator and school principal (summer).

• KCSS sends perceptual surveys to school (8 weeks prior to school visit).

• School administers surveys to students, staff and parents.

• School mails completed surveys back to KCSS at EKU, along with staff and student handbooks, etc. (4 weeks prior to school visit).

• KCSS tallies survey responses and writes school survey report.

• Assessment Team of (6) educators visit school for (1) full school day to personally interview students, staff, parents; observe supervision practices and patterns; observe staff and student interactions; conduct physical walk-through of school and campus.

• Assessment Team Leader meets with principal and others to discuss preliminary fi ndings from the assessment day and the survey report (afternoon of school visit).

• Comprehensive Assessment Report is mailed back to district superintendent and school principal (4-6 weeks after assessment visit).

• Wrap-around services are made available to the school to address any “area of concern” noted on the assessment report at no cost to the school or district.

For additional information, contact barbara.gateskii@eku.edu or call 877-805-4277

Since 2003, KCSS has conducted (755) safe school assessments in (162) school districts in Kentucky. The waiting list of districts requesting assessments grows each month, which is a

resounding testament to the value school offi cials and their staffs have placed on the assessment process.

Composed of six members, which includes one Loss Control Specialist who focuses

primarily on the physical aspects of the school building and campus, the assessment team examines the written analysis of the school safety perceptual surveys; then spends one complete school day observing supervision practices and interviewing students, staff and parents.

Dr. Stan Moreland interviews students

Principal Denise Adams speaks with Team Leader Lonnie Watts

Katy Hill of KEMI inspects possible structural damage of school

Team Member Cyril Wantland discusses school climate perceptions with staff member

Assessment Team Members discuss their preliminary report at end of assessment visitTeam Leader Vicki Mundy interviews students

Parent is interviewed by Denny Vincent, team leader

Team Member Greg Smith interviews parent

Assessment teams closely observe the sign-in and sign-out procedures at schools

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Principals Use Safe School Assessmentsto Enhance Safety in Their Learning Environments

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Several principals of schools assessed during the 2013-2014 school year offer feedback of their perceptions of the safe school assessment and the KCSS teams that conducted them throughout the 2013-2014 school year:

Dr. Diane Hatchett Hancock County Middle School Thanks for your support and the opportunity to work with such a wonderful team. The school safety team members were awesome. They provided suggestions, listened and it was more like working with a mentor than an evaluator. They were there to gather information, compile it and disseminate in a manner

that would be benefi cial to students, faculty and staff. I greatly appreciated their time and efforts on behalf of our students, faculty and staff. The school safety assessment was extremely benefi cial. It reinforced the positive and allowed us to pause and regroup in areas that needed attention. The assessment is meant to help and enhance schools’ abilities to provide safety. The assessment validated our efforts and showed that the entire culture of the building revolves around doing what is best for students. Our students feel safe and we want to keep it that way.

Robert TuckButler County Middle School As a school administrator, I always like to have feedback on how our school is doing and ideas on how we might improve. I really appreciated the positive feedback BCMS received from the KY Center for School Safety. We have been work ing s ince to implement those suggestions

as we continue to make BCMS the best place as possible for the students we serve.

Dave EcksteinBellevue High School Bellevue High School was very pleased with the visit from the Kentucky Center for School Safety! The team highlighted many positives about our school. They also made “real world” suggestions on how to enhance our school and make it even safer. The team was helpful and

extremely knowledgeable. I would encourage all principals to utilize this resource to improve your schools!

Rhonda CallawayCrittenden County High School O u r S a f e S c h o o l s Assessment in September of 2013 was a very positive experience for our staff, students and parents. The team was very insightful to the surroundings we may not see since we are here on a daily basis. Information that was provided back to

the district and school allowed us to move forward with improving safety in areas of the building. My SBDM Council has reviewed the data and we’ve put ideas together in some cases for immediate improvement.

Robin HurstLyon County High School By participating in the safe school assessment, our faculty and staff are more aware of the priori ty of keeping our students safe. The assessment brought things to the forefront that teachers may not have considered to be potential areas of concern. It was

benefi cial to have an outside view of our school that included constructive criticism with potential solutions to issues.

Robin KelschAugusta Independent School The KY Center for School Safety team was professional and friendly. I really enjoyed the opportunity to meet with and learn from experts in the fi eld of school safety. We all take the safety of our children very seriously, and take every measure possible to ensure our children are completely

safe. With that being said, the different perspective and years of experience and knowledge of the team provided us with some very valuable suggestions and feedback to help us improve on what was already a pretty safe environment. We have already implemented many of the suggestions in an effort to keep our children as safe as possible.

Denise AdamsThe Providence School, Jessamine County Our school greatly benefi tted from the safety assessment conduc ted by a t eam of professionals from the Kentucky Center for Safe Schools. Due to the number of people they interviewed, we obtained good feedback from all stakeholders about

the strengths and weaknesses in our school’s culture and safety plans. Our safety committee is already working to implement suggestions made by the assessment team. I would strongly recommend that all schools utilize this service to improve their school’s safety procedures and overall culture.

Michelle Shipley Painted Stone Elementary School, Shelby County The Safe School Assessment has been EXTREMELY benefi cial to us in our planning to be proactive in planning for safety in all areas of our school and its surroundings. The Safe School Assessment team was fabulous to work with and provided valuable

insight into our next steps for creating optimal safe learning environments for our students, staff, and school community.

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KCSS Belief StatementThe Kentucky Center for School Safety supports the idea that school culture

improves when a school-wide prevention plan consistently addresses the needs of all students to encourage a safe and healthy learning environment.

Kentucky School Boards Association:Provides quality training statewideAssists Alternative Education sitesSponsors conferences and workshopsServes as a resource for schools and community agencies

Collects School Safety Data from all schools in the state Allocates School Safety Funds to all 174 school districts (as well as the KY School for the Deaf and KY School for the Blind) Supports state conferences deal-ing with school safety issues

Contracts with KCSS delivery of innovative school safety programs

Conducts facility walk-throughs on assessments Produces facility reports for assessmentsServes as a resource for school liability and facility

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KCSS Board of Directors• Kalon Bagby, Dept. of Community Based Services• Merry Berry, KEA• Kari Collins, Division of MHSA• James Evans, KASA (school superintendent rep.)• Kathy Hobbs, KESPA• Shannon Jett, Dept. of Juvenile Justice• TeAndra Parker, KASC (Parent) • Sherri Clusky, Dept. of Education• Donald Shively, KASA (local school rep.) • Jeff Stumbo, School Board Member• Erica Lee Williams, Circuit Court Judge

KCSS Board of Directors:Governs the Kentucky Center for School Safety (KRS 158.442)

Murray State University: Serves as the resource center for information regarding safe

school efforts Provides safe school curricula for state colleges and

universities Offers the only state approved post-secondary School Safety

Educator Endorsement Program Provides training in best practices in classroom management

for pre-service educators Works with state agencies to enhance school safety

information Hosts KCSS website for information

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Terry Carr, Jon Akers, Lee Ann Morrison (donated services), Nadine Johnson and Barbara Gateskill

Eastern Kentucky University:Appointed by the Board of Directors to serve as

the contract agency to coordinate all programs and activities of partners of the consortium

Produces annual reports on school safety issues to governmental agencies

Monitors the safe schools allocation to all school districts Facilitates relationships with state agencies regarding

safe school issues and concerns

KCSS Staff at KSBA

Kerri Schelling (donated services), Shannon Robinson and Don Martin

KCSS Staff at MSU

Dr. Jack Rose (donated services), Karen McCuiston, Elizabeth Abanathy

Dr. Lars Bjork(donated services)

University of Kentucky: Provides support for

expanding programs and research services

Assists in identifying external grant opportunities

Partner in P20 Innovation Lab initiative being launched by the College of Education

In conjunction with EKU, developed RDMC website

A Partnership That WorksKCSS Staff at EKU

Jeff FloydLoss Education

& Safety Manager(donated Services)

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Justice and Law Enforcement Kentucky’s School Resource Offi cers (SROs) enhance safety in every school environment they serve. Each SRO works with hundreds

of students each day and, in some smaller districts, a single SRO can be expected to respond to the law enforcement needs of each of their schools in a given school day.

The men and women who serve as SROs are integral members of their respective school communities as they not only serve as law enforcement offi cers but educators, peer counselors, friends to staff members and students, etc. They walk the halls of schools, eat meals in school cafeterias and attend many co- and extra-curricular school events throughout the Commonwealth each day. Their role is clearly a versatile one, albeit unique and special. They have all of the powers (on school property) of any sworn police offi cer but their major focus is our kids.

JLET (Justice and Law Enforcement Training) Activities Include: • Increasing the effectiveness of SRO programs in

schools by providing training opportunities for both principals and SROs and developing standards that can be used to measure the effectiveness of the program.

• Assisting with the annual Safe Schools and Communities Conference

• Increasing awareness of the benefi ts of the SRO program by surveying SROS, publishing the results and posting articles on the KCSS website

• Providing leadership and technical support to KASRO (KY Association of School Resource Offi cers) • Facilitating regional trainings for SROs and school administrators• Maintaining a school database of SROs• Providing videos, resource materials and examples of model interagency agreements to increase the likelihood that partnership

models are effective in preventing school violence

Eastern Kentucky University

Did You Know?• Currently, there are 242 SROs in the state • Well over half of the state’s school districts have SROs

due primarily to partnerships formed between schools and local law enforcement agencies

• SROs receive specialized training through the Depart-ment of Criminal Justice and the National Association of School Resource Offi cers

• Most SROs are assigned to work in 2 or more schools and spend the majority of their days in middle and high schools

• In 2013, two Kentucky SROs and one SRO program were nationally recognized for their work in school safety

Joe Saunier, Anderson County John Cavin, Graves County Mark Branham, Campbell County

Glen Woodard, Warren County Anthony McCollum, Pulaski County Ray Chumbler, Marshall County

School Resource Offi cer Survey Results

In summary, The SRO program continues to thrive in the state of Kentucky. SROs are generally experienced law enforcement offi cers who enjoy their positions, work well with the school administrators at their school, and feel the schools in which they work are relatively safe environments. SROs generally work at least 40 hours per week in their positions as SROs. Even though they respond that the majority of their time is spent in law enforcement duties, SROs engage in a wide variety of activities at school that would not traditionally be considered law enforcement activities (e.g., monitoring hallways, parking lots, clearing hallways, counseling students). SROs perceive disorderly conduct, theft, dress code violations, verbal harassment, and bullying as the most serious safety problems at their schools and have a wide range of ideas on how to solve these problems. Given the fi ndings from this report, it appears that the SROs who work in schools in Kentucky work collaboratively with school administration and are an asset to the schools in which they perform their duties.

Every other year, KCSS distributes surveys to school resource officers assigned to schools throughout the state. This biennial survey seeks to get an update of the myriad of duties performed by SROs, their perception of the relationship between themselves and school administrators, as well as their perception of the role they play in school safety, in general.

Key Facts about KY’s SROs from the 2013 Report

• 49% have more than 20 years of law enforcement experience

• 84.2% have more than 10 years of law enforcement experience

• 70% have more than 3 years of law enforcement experience

• 57.1% have some college education

• 23% indicated that bullying was a serious problem in the schools

• 62.5% indicated that bullying was a moderate problem in the schools

• 86.3% believed that the principal at their assigned school welcomed their presence

• 85% were asked by administration for their input into their school’s emergency plan and lockdown procedure

• The majority of SROs are funded either through the Board of Education (42.4%) or through collaboration between the BOE and Police Department (36.0%)

• The vast majority of SROs responding had a high opinion of the principal at the school where they were assigned

• When asked how budget reductions over the past year had impacted their programs, 52% stated that they had been unable to attend conferences and trainings that they had previously been able to attend

The Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA) and the Kentucky Center for School Safety proudly continue their partnership and make a collaborative effort to identify and coordinate needed and timely

trainings for Kentucky’s schools and communities. This effort enables KSBA to offer and provide proactive and research-based school safety training and technical assistance to all school-connected stakeholders, including school administrators, teachers, parents, students, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, and many child-serving agencies.

Coordinated by former Grant County Superintendent Don Martin, KSBA’s training component has seen an increase in demand for these professional development opportunities each year since its inception.

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Schools and Communities TrainingSafe School FundsDEDICATED TO THE ENHANCEMENT OF SAFE AND HEALTHY

LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN EACH OF KENTUCKY’S PUBLIC SCHOOLSThe KY General Assembly has appropriated more that $144 million to support safe school efforts since 1999 as illustrated directly below.

Kentucky Center for SchoolSafety Operations

Breakdown of

Safe Schools Funding

175* Kentucky School DistrictsSafe Schools Funding

Kentucky Department of

Education(Flow-Through Agency)

General Assembly

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How Kentucky’s School Districts are Using Those Funds

How the Kentucky Center for School Safety is Using Those Funds

Kentucky School Boards Association

STATE AND REGIONAL TRAININGS (Over 25,560 participants)• Active Shooter Training• Bullying• Bullying Prevention Symposium• Bus Driver Behavior Management• Crisis Management for Schools• Gang Identifi cation• Impacts of Social Networking• National Disaster Response• Prescription Drug Use• QPR (Suicide Prevention)• Threat Assessment• Working With Troubled Students• Youth Leadership Symposium

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (Over 262,792 participants)• Alternative Education• Bullying Prevention• Bus Behavior Management Skills• Classifi ed Staff Training• Effective Communication Skills• Emergency Management Planning• Internet Safety• Leadership Skills Training• Physical Plant Management• Positive School Culture and Climate• QPR• Student Threat Assessments• Substance Abuse Recognition/Prevention

COLLABORATIVE PARTNER TRAININGS (Over 21,636 participants)• Administrative Assistants• College of Justice and Safety (EKU)• Department of Criminal Justice Training• Green River Educational Cooperative• Job Corp• KY Association of School Resource Offi cers• KY Association of Superintendents• KY Attorney General’s Offi ce• KY Center for Instructional Discipline• KY Counselor Association• KY Crime Prevention Coalitions• KY DARE Association• KY Department of Education• KY Educational Collaborative for State Agency Children• KY Homeland Security Offi ce• KY Parent Teacher Association• KY Partnership for Families and Children• KY Society for Technology in Education• Mid-Cumberland Counseling Association• National Association of School Resource Offi cers• National Dropout Prevention Network• Offi ce of Family Resource Youth Service Center• Ohio Valley Education Cooperative• South Central Educational Cooperative• West KY Education Coop

Don Martin, Coordinator of Schools and Communities

Training, KSBA

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$830,930 Personnel $235,228

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The KCSS website provides current safety information to K-12 schools and higher education institutions with teacher education program across Ky., the nation and internationally

Content rich resources (Bullying to Crisis Management)

Easy to navigate (Left side bar and top tabs)

Quality materials on pertinent school safety topics are easily accessible to enhance and support school’s safety programs

Total hits to website for the year 4.5 million Bullying Awareness Month (Oct) over 2 million hits

Most Frequently Visited Topics Bullying Cyber-bullying/Sexting Emergency/Crisis Manual

Social Media Networking Facebook Fanpage approx. 200 followers Twitter approx. 550 followers

Website Stats and Facts

Disseminated over 7,000 pages of printed

materials (not counting website downloads) Provided Resources Curriculum, Book of Handouts, Book-

marks, Badges, Stickers, Posters Daily Announcements, Powerpoints

Media Campaign Online Pledge Aprox. 50,000 pledges across Ky Over 30 school districts received cer-

tificates for 1,000 pledges Marketing and Publicity Over 70 district/school websites pro-

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Theme... S.T.O.P.! Bullying, Violence and Risky Behavior in our Schools (“Safety”, “Teamwork” ”Opportunities” and “Power”) which supports a safe, respectful, climate where all can succeed.

Proclamation signed by the Commissioner of Education, Terry Holliday and KDE Board Chair Roger Marcum

Over 250 updates/revisions were made to six safe school week webpages and the homepage to assist schools in their safe school campaigns.

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Using the S.T.O.P! Tipline

The Safety Tipline, Online Preven on or S.T.O.P.!

Tipline is designed for use as an "online" bullying

repor ng/preven on tool. Provided free to Kentucky

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unsafe situa ons in school (bullying, weapons, drugs

or alcohol, etc.) through the school’s website.

This pline was created, published and piloted dur-

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of the diverse popula ons across Kentucky.

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PS Resources Website pages with sylla-

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Social Network Alerts

Presenta ons/Trainings

E-Communica ons

School safety research and devel-opment support quality programming at our state’s teacher prepara on colleges and universi es.

The Kentucky School Safety Educator En-dorsement has been offered at Murray State University since 2004. This endorse-ment prepares educators to plan and promote safe healthy learning

environments.

Opera on Respect developed the Don’t Laugh at Me programs, one for grades 2-5, another for grades 6-8. Free bully preven on curriculum was provided at a workshop in April on the campus of Murray State University.

This program u lizes inspiring music and video along with curriculum guides based on the well-tested, highly regarded conflict resolu on curricula.

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-28 coun es and 52 schools had representa on a ending

-770 pieces of Bully Preven-on Curriculum disseminated

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-Opera on Respect drew 538 from across the region

Spreading the Word ... Inter-viewed on KET about Bullying -WKMS radio interview during Ky Safe Schools Week

- Cyberbullying, Sex ng & Cell Phone Apps ar cles were wri en and published -www.kysafeschools.org had an average of 12,000 hits a day

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Senate Bill 8/House Bill 354 (effective June 25, 2013)Requires Kentucky’s schools and districts to:

1. Adopt an emergency plan to include procedures to be followed in case of fi re, severe weather, or earthquake, or if a building lockdown as defi ned in KRS 158.164 is required; the principal shall discuss the emergency plan with all school staff prior to the fi rst instructional day of each school year and shall document the time and date of any discussion.

2. Provide, after adoption, the emergency plan, along with a complete diagram of the facility, to appropriate local fi rst responders.

3. Establish primary and secondary evacuation routes for all rooms located within the school and post the routes in each room by any doorway used for evacuation.

4. Identify severe weather safe zones to be reviewed by the local fi re marshal or fi re chief and post the location of safe zones in each room of the school.

5. Develop practices for students to follow during an earthquake.6. Conduct, at a minimum, emergency response drills to include one (1) severe weather

drill, one (1) earthquake drill and one (1) lockdown drill within the fi rst thirty (30) instructional days of each school year and again during the month of January.

7. Develop and adhere to practices to control the access to each school building, including requiring that all visitors report to the front offi ce of the building and provide valid identifi cation, state the purpose of the visit; and provide a visitor’s badge to be visibly displayed on a visitor’s outer garment.

8. Follow (as much as possible) the recommendation that all classroom doors be locked during instructional time, if the door can be locked from the outside and opened from the inside without a key.

9. Require local boards to review Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Principles when constructing or renovating a school building.

10. Superintendent verifi cation of district-wide compliance must be sent to KDE by November 1st of each school year.

Source: Kentucky Department of Education, Guidance for Implementation of SB8/HB 354, July 30, 2013

Kentucky Center for School Safety, Eastern Kentucky University105 Stratton Building, 521 Lancaster Avenue, Richmond, KY 40475-3102

Toll-Free 1-877-805-4277The Annual Report was written and produced by Kentucky Center for School Safety staff.

Students featured in the 2013 Annual Report attend schools in the following public school districts: Anderson, Campbell, Franklin, Graves Jessamine, Marshall, McCracken, Pulaski, and Warren counties.

For more detailed information, visit www.kysafeschools.org