On Tuesday, February 24, we held another routine campus safety check. These safety checks are completed in conjunction with our partners from K9 Proactive along with their trained search dogs and consist of a sweep of classrooms, locker rooms, offices, and the parking lot. The K9 Proactive dogs are trained to detect explosives, alcohol, gunpowder, prescription drugs that can be abused, illicit drugs, and other items that are banned from school property. It should be noted that an “alert” on a particular backpack or car does not mean that a banned item was present.  In fact, our experience has been that most “alerts” do not produce any illicit or banned items currently in a student’s possession. The parents of any student the dogs identify as possibly having come in contact with a banned item will always be contacted for further follow-up as necessary.

The purpose of these safety sweeps is to be proactive in doing our best to keep our campus safe and free of all banned items. We will continue to conduct these sweeps throughout the year so students are able to come to school feeling safe and confident that we are being proactive in our attempts to provide a learning environment that is being monitored for the presence of any banned items on campus.  These safety checks are one of several mechanisms that make up our overall campus safety plan. 

We greatly appreciate our students’ commitment to helping us ensure a safe campus for all.