Principal's Press
10/1/18
ALICE
From the Assistant Superintendent Kate LaPlaunt:
Dear Elementary Students and Families,
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has been working with Local Law Enforcement to increase school security and student safety. Through a borough wide coalition we are training all staff and students on how to respond in the unlikely event of an active threat during school. Schools are taking into account developmental needs of students by tailoring lessons to be age appropriate and delivered by staff familiar with the students social, emotional and developmental abilities. Staff are also working to ensure that students who require accommodations are cared for during practice drills and in case of a real emergency.
The active shooter/threat response program adopted by our community use the following strategies: Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate, commonly referred to as ALiCE. These strategies combine to create effective and flexible action steps for students and staff to take in order to increase their safety during an active threat in a school building or campus. The main objective of this program is to provide students and staff with OPTIONS to increase their chance of survival during an active shooter emergency. The ALiCE initiative is recognized across the country as an additional component to the traditional “lockdown” response.
Fairbanks School District administrators, teachers and staff began ALiCE training in the fall of 2016. It is time to educate and train our students by engaging in age-appropriate lessons and practicing carefully selected scenarios, which will lead to a practical understanding of the safety options provided by ALiCE.
Prior to be teaching students, we want to invite parents and the community to attend Community Outreach Events to learn more about ALiCE and ask questions of local law enforcement and educators. Please attend the regional event that is most convenient for you:
Community Outreach by regions - Oct. 15 through Nov. 15, 5:30-7:00pm
· 10/23/18 North Pole High (TIC, MNS, NPE, NPM, SAL, TRV)
· 10/24/18 Lathrop (DNL, BNT, HNT, ARC, NDL, LADD, WLR, TAN, RYN)
· 10/30/18 West Valley (JOY, UPK, WRV, AWE, PLC, HUT, RSM)
· 11/01/18 Ben Eielson (AND, CRW)
You will be notified by email, text or letter prior to ALiCE lessons or practice drills beginning at your child’s school.
Thank you,
Kate LaPlaunt,
Assistant Superintendent
452-2000 ext.11411 katherine.laplaunt@k12northstar.org
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