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Show The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Task Force Studies Protocol For Schools need to think about when they might lock down a school, when to evacuate, where they could snelier children, how to reunite them with their parents and what : do if the unexpected occurred duringa field trip or after-school activity. Utah emergency workers say @ Continued from C-1 structure and protocol are essential. “In a multi-jurisdictional response, there’s always a com- fér and cleaning up disasters, said Verdi White, CEM’s deputy director. who's doing what, who's in charge of what,” said Salt Lake “put it is definitely a hazard and City Police Det. Rod Mosher, USSLC member. hazards [and natural disasters] Utah already requires that schools create an emergencyplan the principles in dealing with are very similar.” Statistics show Utah schools are far safer than thestreets. But to address natural disasters. Those blueprints were updated to dent, that’s a disaster,” White include violent situations after the April massacre at Columbine said. High Schooi in Littleton, Colo. “if you have a Columbine inci- However,there is no uniformity. “Everyone has been doing their own thing,” said Shannon Anderson, Salt Lake City School District's coordinator of safe and Hesaid CEM wantsto emulate a plan that has been used since 1998 by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, which put its protocol into play last May when a high school student, ap- Grug-free program. CEMalreadycreated a step-bystep manual that covers 15 scenarios, including intruders, stu- parently distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, shot and wounded six classmates. GEMA,whichis considered a leader in school-violence preven- dent unrest, bomb and suicide threats. With an intruder, principals may opt to lock down the tion, helped produce a video for school. The manualadvises them Utah schools titled “Utah Safe to announce the problem over the Schools: Prevention Planning Re- intercom with a code word,direct everyone to their classrooms, then lock the doors and cover the windows. sponse.” Thevideo, released at a recent USSLC conference, sug- gests schools create a plan to cover all emergencies, whether natural or humancaused. Key to the preparation is providing local law enforcement with a detailed floor plan of the school and surrounding area. The Sunday, November21, 1999 RandyTerreii tuck in their shirts and wear left in the open. Bentley said ing students, their backpacks, lockers and vehicles for weapons. Students in grades 7 to 12 must fewer students bring weapons on reinforced during the shooting at pants that aren't baggy and have in April. Anderson said three schools in the Salt Lake City District were locked down during the shows, a student can pull out 12 guns from pockets and the waistbandof baggy pants in less than a minute. modelas “tried and true,” not a mandate, White said. “We're not telling people, ‘You should do this,” he said. “Schools have to makethis decision based on com- crisis. Although the educators had earlier received a belt. As the video made for Utah Russell Bentley, acting chief of guidance fromdistrict officials, they were not prepared for everything bathroombreaks,for example. “Here at our school, we're in police of Bibb County’s public shape about that. schools, said 28 officers monitor the district's 24,000 student body. Aboutonce a week, school administrators pick two to three class- they haven’t met or faced thatreality yet,” said Orin Johanson, ers wave a hand-held metal detector over students’ bodies and pretty good Some schools are not because rooms randomly and haveoffic- counselor at West High School and USSLC member. bookbags. Utahns are being urged to face the reality of more draconian pre- “We're trying to interrupt the educational process as [little] as possible because they’re there for instruction,” Bentley said. ventive methods as well. USSLC’s video presents some controversial but successful ways schools in Macon, Ga., have averted violence. The Bibb County Public School every middle, junior high and carrying anything in there any- “They don't want their school turned into prisons. rue ft i wr als oe 2898 WEST 3500 SOUTH Now Open - Waterford, A Cordia Senior Residenceoffers a fresh andinviting senior living experience. 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[Teachers] are hesiiant to talk aboutit. They wouldn't even USA Start at $6 10 Utah is inching toward such measures. Many schools have dress codes and have banned The officers also scan ran- Hearing CREMATIONS munity standards.” domly chosen lockers and walk through the parking lot peering through car windowsfor weapons Costeee als are located. Educators also dropped by80 percent. CEM is presenting Georgia’s Terrell doesn't feel safe at West High Schoolin Salt Lake City. “Anyone inthe school could be = GEEMIVE * interior photos anda list of exits, takes campus now andincidents have has hand-held metal detectors that he uses at the alternative Horizonte Instruction and Train- to two by training teachers to vi- At a separate anti-violence yas and where hazardous materi- process teacher at Union Hien System cut gun violations from 18 sually screen students for weapens, implementing strict dress material would includeaerial and The about15 minutes. A School in Roosevelt a think about it all the time, but i still don’t have thetraining,” said Cindy Carlson. Others don’t think Utah is = high school, and randomly check- the LDS Family History Library notice,” he said. ready for Bibb County-style prevention. Not right now, anyway. Mosher, the police detective, West High junior was to come i said ninthgrader Jessica Christensen. However, many Utah schools do simulate intruder drills and have turned over school floor plansto police. The need for such a plan was Utah students say they would feel safer knowingtheir teachers could follow sucha plan. where to turn off the power and c9 a “Anyone in the school could be carrying anything in there anytime. [Teachers] are hesitantto talk aboutit. 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