SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

SAFETY ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS

Board Work Session

December 5, 2018
Jennifer Cupid-McCoy, Ed.D.

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December 5, 2018
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AGENDA

 Background
 Safety Advisory Committee Responsibilities
 Areas of Prioritization
 Recommendations

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BACKGROUND

 2017-2018 school year, 13 guns were recovered on school campuses

 2018-2019 school year, 11 guns have been recovered on school
campuses
 Nevada had the third highest murder rate of any state in the country
last year. Seventy-four percent of those murders were committed with
guns.
 Nationally, over two-thirds of students who used guns in violent acts at
school obtained those guns from their own homes or that of a relative.
 In 2017, 73 percent of suicides of children were with guns within Clark
County.
 September 12, 2018, Dr. Jara announced the formation of a Safety
Advisory Committee.

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SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

RESPONSIBILITIES

 Examine all aspects of school safety

 Explore research, expert positions, and cost
 Formulate short-term and long-term recommendations

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AREAS OF PRIORITIZATION

 Community Outreach and Education about Guns in Schools

Assemblywoman Bilbray-Axelrod and Pastor Martinez, Chairpersons

 Prevention and Intervention

Dr. Robbins, Principal and Mr. Rodimer, Parent, Chairpersons

 Infrastructure
Chief Ketsaa, Chairperson

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RECOMMENDATIONS
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION
ABOUT GUNS IN SCHOOLS

 Require mandatory reporting of every Clark County School District

(CCSD) firearm incident and make the report easily accessible on
the CCSD website
 Launch a districtwide communications effort on responsible
firearm storage
 Work with the Nevada Attorney General’s Office, the Governor, and
the Nevada State Legislature to support the recommendations in
the Special Summit on School Safety Report, pertaining to firearm
access
 Work with the Governor, Attorney General, and Nevada State
Legislature to implement the Nevada Background Checks for Gun
Purchases Initiative
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RECOMMENDATIONS
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION
ABOUT GUNS IN SCHOOLS

 Expand SafeVoice to be a community-wide “see something, say

something” program.
 Appoint a community liaison from CCSD to work with the Mayor’s Faith
Initiative on gun violence and responsible gun storage, utilizing existing
community resources to attain safer school campuses.
 Where applicable, provide curricular objectives that address the
dangers and consequences of firearms and gun violence into the
current CCSD mandatory health curriculum.
 Emphasize reflection time with students during the morning opening
and moment of silence.
 Continue the Safety Advisory Committee in some capacity as the
School Safety Commission for the District.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION

 Provide crisis response training for students and staff including

“active situation” training
 Require students to wear student IDs on breakaway lanyards
 Implement optional Socio-emotional Learning Curriculum (SEL) to
engage all students and deter disengagement from school and
community ideals
 Implement virtual expulsion
 Seek use of proceeds from marijuana tax to defray cost

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RECOMMENDATIONS
PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION

 Increase pay range of Campus Security Monitors and ensure

appropriate agility standards and training, commensurate with the
position
 Increase access to Social Workers, Counselors, and other resources
such as Fusion Center and Virtual Counseling to address the socio-
emotional needs of students
 Improve overall campus security by improving security cameras or
installing security access doors at schools
 Allow schools the autonomy to procure metal detectors, handheld
or walk through, to deter students from bringing weapons to
campus
 Continue the Safety Advisory Committee in some capacity as the
School Safety Commission for the District
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RECOMMENDATIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE

 Increase School Police staffing

 Commit to conducting a basic school safety assessment at every
school
 Create eight K-9 Units trained in firearm detection
 Upgrade schools’ technological infrastructure
 Create a rural patrol unit
 Consistently number and label all exterior buildings and doors
 Create a school safety volunteer program

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RECOMMENDATIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE

 Utilize the CCSD Emergency Notification System throughout CCSD

supported by existing equipment and personnel.
 Continue the Safety Advisory Committee in some capacity as the
school safety commission for the District.

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SUPERINTENDENT’S
RECOMMENDATIONS

 Require mandatory reporting of every Clark County School District

(CCSD) firearm incident and make the report easily accessible on
the CCSD website
 Expand SafeVoice to be a community-wide “see something, say
something” program
 Appoint a community liaison from CCSD to work with the Mayor’s
Faith Initiative on gun violence and responsible gun storage,
utilizing existing community resources to attain safer school
campuses
 Provide crisis response training for students and staff including
“active situation” training

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SUPERINTENDENT’S
RECOMMENDATIONS

 Require students to wear student IDs on breakaway lanyards

 Implement optional Socio-emotional Learning Curriculum (SEL) to
engage all students and deter disengagement from school and
community ideals
 Improve overall campus security by improving security cameras or
installing security access doors at schools
 Increase School Police staffing
 Commit to conducting a basic school safety assessment at every
school
 Create eight K-9 Units trained in firearm detection

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COMMITTEE MEMBERS

 Tim Gillespie – Parent Stefanie Wilson-Palacio – CCSD Police

 Daniel Rodimer – Parent Michael Wilson – Emergency Management

 Lisa Hendricks – Parent Jeff Levering – Security Systems

 Sarah Rodimer – Parent

 Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod – Assemblywoman

 Jenny Gentleman – Parent

 Troy Martinez – Pastor

 Marlin J. Ivy – Pastor

 Kathleen Fischer – Community Member

 James Ketsaa – CCSD Police

 Mike Blackeye – CCSD Police

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COMMITTEE MEMBERS

 Yolanda Lowry – CCSD K.O Knudson MS Scarlett Perryman - CCSD Garside MS

 Ruben D’Silva – CCSD Rancho HS Jennifer Cupid-McCoy – CCSD Chief of Staff

 Hilary Eisen – CCSD Escobedo MS

 Adam Berger – CCSD Desert Oasis HS

 Zachary Robbins – CCSD Cheyenne HS

 David Wilson – CCSD Eldorado HS

 Monica Cortez – CCSD Western HS

 Mike Houle - CCSD Heckethorn ES

 Darryl Wyatt – CCSD Bailey MS

 Nicole Lehman-Donadio – CCSD Bob Miller MS

 Javier Mendez – CCSD Cowan Achievement Center

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SUPERINTENDENT ’S COMMENTS
BOARD DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS

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