Summary Report on Safety and Security Public Forums
During the months of January and February, District 12 held 15 school-based meetings that involved nearly 100 parents and patrons and over 150 staff members. Additionally, all parents were invited to complete our on-line safety and security survey through the month of March. To review a summary of the meetings and the survey as well as information regarding District interventions and projects, click here.
Responses to Emergencies
The Cheyenne Mountain School District has adopted the Standard Response Protocol (SRP).
By standardizing vocabulary, all stakeholders can understand the response and status of an event.
For students, this provides continuity of expectations and actions throughout their years in District 12.
For teachers and staff, this becomes a simpler process to train and drill.
For parents, the practices are easily understandable so they can reinforce the expectations for their children.
These response actions in the protocol include:
Click here to see a report summarizing each of the response actions.
Staff and students at all grade levels in all District 12 schools will practice all four components of the protocol each year so that the terminology and expectations become clear, and subsequent responses can be quickly and efficiently implemented.
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SAFE2TELL®
SAFE2TELL® is an organization designed to help students, teachers & parents anonymously report anything that is scaring or endangering them, their friends or their family.
Click the following link to visit the SAFE2TELL® website for more information:
School Crisis Prevention and Intervention
The Cheyenne Mountain School District Crisis Team is trained in PREPaRE, a protocol that provides school-based counselors, psychologists, social workers, administrators, and other educational professionals training on how to best fill the roles and responsibilities generated by their participation on school safety and crisis teams. PREPaRE is one of the first comprehensive nationally available training curriculum developed by school-based professionals with firsthand experience and formal training.
To read more about the PREPaRE program from the National Association of School Psychologists, click here.
National Incident Command System (ICS)
In July 2009, the Cheyenne Mountain School District adopted the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS) protocols for multiple agency response to emergencies. The ICS structure is designed to clearly indicate local jurisdiction and personnel responsibilities until such time that emergency response command can be transferred to the appropriate agency. Click here to review the designated District 12 ICS command structure.
Bullying and Threats
The Board of Education and the staff of the Cheyenne Mountain Schools support a secure school climate conducive to teaching and learning that is free from threat, harassment, and any type of bullying behavior. To promote consistency of approach and to help create a climate in which all types of bullying and threatening behavior are regarded as unacceptable, the District has adopted Policy JICDE and a very specific protocol (Policy JICDE-E) for evaluating the substantive nature of any threat.
Board Policies
Board policies and procedures exist for dealing with disruptive students and the District takes disciplinary action in accordance with policy. The District and each school has implemented a Safe School Plan in compliance with district policy.
The specific policies can be found in the Cheyenne Mountain School District Policy Manual which is available online, and can be accessed in electronic format at the following location:
Fostering Civility and Safety
The Cheyenne Mountain School District has implemented the following programs and procedures to create a safe and civil learning environment:
- Safe school plans for each building
- Policies for conduct and discipline codes
- Disruptive student policies and procedures
- Standards for student dress
- Required visitor check-in at school offices
- Uniformed school police officer assigned to the high school
- Building based emergency crisis plans
- Bullying and threat assessment protocols
- Non-violent crisis intervention training for District administrators and staff
- Regular safety inspections of schools
- Positive Behavior Support (PBS)
