In an effort to enhance school safety Bay District Schools has organized the North Florida School Safety Summit. The summit aimed to facilitate open dialogue for best practices, to share knowledge about topics that surround active shooter situations. District Safety Directors, staff, facilities directors, law enforcement, first responders from across the panhandle were among the participants.
As Tom Czyz squeezed off round after round into a series of glass panes, representatives from both public school districts and private schools watched intently, with their phones out recording.
School campus safety is once again in the spotlight following the deadly shooting at a Nashville Christian school, and on Tuesday, the News4JAX I-TEAM reported that a $36,000 contract for active shooter training and campus evaluations in Duval County hasn’t been used 10 months after leaders announced it.
The shooting on the campus of a Nashville Christian school that resulted in the deaths of three students and three staff members is again raising concerns and questions about school safety.
The school year was starting in 10 days, and Donald Keegan was a busy man. An associate superintendent of the North Syracuse Central School District, Mr Keegan had to make sure the bus drivers were trained and the cafeterias fully staffed. He had a tour to lead that afternoon and a school board meeting in the evening.