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SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS

SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS
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Moore County Schools has received many inquiries as to how the school manages the safety and security of students and staff at our 23 schools. The following is to provide parents with overview the activities Moore County Schools does to prepare in the event a crisis happens on one of our campuses whether it be a natural disaster, an accident or intentional.

Members of the Moore County Schools Safe and Healthy Schools Committee meet on a regular basis to continually reevaluate the methods, protocols and procedures related to school safety and security. The committee has representatives from the district's Office of Student Support Services, Moore County Schools Police, the district's health programs manager, a mental health professional, the district's Operations and Communications Departments, as well as the Moore County Sheriff's Office, the Moore County Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management, First Health, municipal law enforcement agencies and first responders.

In addition to the district-level committee, each school has a Campus Emergency Response Team who are trained and assigned specific duties and responsibilities if a crisis event occurs at a school. CERT teams recently participated in a district-wide emergency table-top exercise with local law enforcement and the Sheriff's Office specifically responding to an active shooter.

Moore County Schools is fortunate to have its own police force which gives the district an advantage in having a visible law enforcement on campus who build relationships with and interact with students on a daily basis. In turn, School Resources Officers have relationships with local law enforcement in their respective communities.

By the start of the 2018-19 school year, all schools will have undergone a Youth Mental Health First Aid Training in order to recognize and be able to better support the mental health needs of students. In the next few weeks, the district will be conducting a threat/risk assessment training for Student Support Services staff, administrators and school resource officers. The facilitator for that training was heavily involved in working with Broward County officials in the aftermath of the shooting there.

Although not all security protocols can be shared publicly, regular security procedures include the locking of all doors on campus and using key fob systems, and managing access points to campuses. School-based staff routinely conduct lockdown drills and go through training on emergency procedures. These are just some of the many activities the district undertakes to mitigate and/or eliminate the threat of violence at our schools.

Please contact Moore County Schools Police Safety Hotline at 910-947-5061 or by text at 910-986-9747 if you want to report a threat or suspicious behavior. In the event of an emergency, call 911.

  • Moore County Schools
  • 5277 Hwy. 15-501 South, Carthage, NC28327
  • 910-947-2976
  • 910-947-3011
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