State Education leaders and the Louisiana State Police hosted the state’s first-ever School Safety Summit in Baton Rouge Thursday. Education Superintendent Dr. Cade Brumley says this is an important event about a very serious topic: keeping kids safe while at school.
“There’s nothing more important. It’s our number one responsibility, obviously with the tragedy in Uvalde, it brings that back to the forefront for all of us,” he says.
The summit brought together school system leaders from all over the state…plus state and local law enforcement, government agencies, mental health providers and more to discuss best practices for school safety and dealing with emergencies. Brumley says in over 70-precent of school violence incidents, a student knew something was amiss but told no one.
“We need to create environments wherein, if kids see something or if something doesn’t look right or they hear something, that they feel comfortable speaking out and speaking up and reporting that.”
Brumley says there needs to be talk of how to best control who gets in during school hours…:
“…hardening our perimeters and having access control, so that we have single points of entry for our schools; Where people go in one door.”
The School Safety Summit – the first of what is planned to be an annual event – was held Thursday at the Baton Rouge River Center.
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