School Safety Coordination

School Safety Coordination

The RSSC provides comprehensive school safety coordination that works with school districts to support emergency operations planning. Comprehensive safety coordination utilizes the RSSC network of support in threat assessment and behavioral health to offer a multi-layered approach that addresses training, pre-planning, community relationship-building, and real-time support in an emergency.

RSSC’s comprehensive safety coordinator provides the services necessary for schools to comply with comprehensive safe school planning under RCW 28A.320.125. The Guide for Developing High Quality Emergency Operations Plans outlines a process and framework for schools.

Recommended strategies for keeping schools safe and healthy:

Regional School Safety Center Services

Regional Standard Response Protocol

The Regional School Safety Center launched a region-wide adoption of Standard Response Protocol. The Standard Response Protocol is simple and easy to use: five emergency actions schools follow during an incident. There is broad support from school districts, law enforcement, fire service, and local emergency management. Everyone agrees, schools and emergency responders must be on the same page before the next crisis happens.

Join the regional adoption of Standard Response Protocol. Access the agreement >

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Safety Resources

• SchoolSafety.gov
• National Center for School Safety
• COPS Office: Supporting Safe Schools Website
• COPS Training Portal—eLearning
• National Association of School Resource Officers | Resources and Best Practices
• Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (ed.gov)
• I Love U Guys

About the Clark County Safe Schools Task Force

School safety should be a priority for all parents, educators, students, and community members. Students and educators have a right to attend schools that are safe and conducive to learning and achievement, yet schools often experience critical incidents such as suicide, natural disasters, or a mass casualty event that has a devastating impact on students, parents, educators and the community.

The purpose of the Clark County Safe School Task Force is to bring together schools, emergency responders and other local agencies to address the four phases of crisis management: prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. Our mission is to support school crisis prevention, response, and recovery, and to protect every school and every student, every day. The goal is to develop safety plans, procedures, resources and training that would empower school staff to act quickly and knowledgeably in an emergency.

Chairperson:

Michael See
Director of Security, Safety & Emergency Management
Clark College
(360) 992-2413
msee@clark.edu

2023-24 Meeting Schedule

September 2023
8-9:30 a.m.
ESD 112 Conference Center

November 15, 2023
8-9:30 a.m.
Evergreen Public Schools Administrative Services Center

January 17, 2024
8-9:30 a.m.
ESD 112 Conference Center

March 13, 2024
8-9:30 a.m.
ESD 112 Conference Center

May 15, 2024
8-9:30 a.m.
Evergreen Public Schools Administrative Services Center