New School Safety Website Launched
Created partially in response to the March 2018 Parkland
School shooting, the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse website SchoolSafety.gov was launched last
week by the Trump Administration. The site will serve as a resource center for teachers,
parents, and law enforcement and allow them to “identify, prepare for, and
mitigate threats” according to Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf. To help
prepare schools, the site will also have a Safety Readiness Tool that will
assess school safety and assist in creating action plans to suit individual
school needs. Though developed primarily for K-12 administrators,
SchoolSafety.gov is available to the American public where they can review
guidelines and best practices - among many other resources - that will help make
and keep schools safe. “Every child should feel safe at school, and every
parent should feel their child is safe each day…” said HHS Secretary Alex
Azar, and SchoolSafety.gov aims to
make this sentiment a reality.
To read the full release, click here.