When Aspen Elementary School students in Mark Wise’s fourth-grade class started reading “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen, they didn’t know they would have the opportunity to step into the main character’s shoes. In the novel, 13-year-old.
A year after swatting calls rocked the Aspen School District (ASD), the district is taking part in a statewide project to evaluate threat assessment and management protocols in schools. The district is one of several.
The Aspen School District upgraded school locks, updated visitor policies, and created a new position within the district to strictly address safety and security in response to February swatting calls that rocked the school district, school officials and law enforcement officers told parents during a town hall Monday night.