CLEARFIELD – Superintendent Terry Struble provided an update on a few topics, such as school safety measures, the district to parent notification system and class rankings, during Monday night’s Clearfield school board committee meetings.
According to Struble, an emergency guide has been distributed to all teachers and office personnel. He said, “It provides the basic guidelines to address everything from a missing kid in a school building to tornadoes to whatever other scenarios you can come up with.”
He also said the district had received a “good guide” after its safety policies and processes were evaluated by a consultant. He said its initial feedback is that it has everything in place that one could expect in a school setting, and areas where there would be “constant” improvement.
Additionally, Struble noted that two school administrators completed Alias training. He said there were conversations afterward with the teaching staff during the initial in-service days, and hands-on training will be provided to the staff on Oct. 12.
“Instead of just conversation, we will actually put them through some of the training aspects,” he said, “…such as how to prepare for someone coming into a classroom and to actively protect yourself.”
At the lower grade levels, Struble said the trainings would focus more on “stranger danger.” However, he said the nature of the trainings would be formatted appropriately for the other grade levels.
He said the district is also working on the district to parent notification system, which it will continue to test this week. He said parents can create a portal and enter contact information and preferences in order to receive phone, text and e-mail alerts.
Struble said the board had also been presented with a draft for student academic recognition. He said it addresses topics involving weighted classes, weighted factors, student recognition during the senior year, honor roll, National Honor Society requirements and academic letters.
He said it also addresses the calculation of the students’ grade point averages and class rankings. Struble asked the board members to review the student recognition draft and submit feedback to him in order for the district to finalize it.