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San José is
already the safest big
city in America, and our
goal is to ensure that our
schools are the safest in
urban America. San José
established the Safe
School Campus Initiative
to reduce violence and
potential risk at and near
our schools. We have
focused this effort both
on prevention through
planning and training, and
on swift coordinated
responses to campus
incidents.
Our partnership is
preparing schools to be
more effective to prevent
and manage catastrophic
events, whether a
Columbine-type shooting or
even a terrorist attack.
In
partnership with our
School Districts we have
also developed a “Code
Red” simulation
exercise.
The purpose of the
project is to practice and
assess unified responses
in order to focus upon
continuous improvement in
responding to a critical
incident at a school.
This simulation has
been conducted at two San
José high schools to identify many opportunities to help schools prevent and prepare for
campus emergencies more
effectively.
Among the priority needs are measures to communicate
with people isolated in
classrooms; swift
availability of detailed
electronic information on
the school site,
classrooms, staff, and
student body to aid police
response; and improved
training for support
agencies and school staff. Please
click here to find out
more about The Safe
Schools Campus Initiative.
Please
click
here to find a school in
your neighborhood.
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