Submitted by: Victoria Gross
The primary responsibility of the York Suburban School District is to ensure a safe and secure environment for students, staff, and visitors. Safety situations come in many forms, both natural and man-made. As a district, we have to envision the uncertain and prepare and plan or it. One such uncertainly is the way in which students and staff will respond to an active shooter.
To assist our students and staff in learning how to respond to an active shooter, the District has adopted a new component to the Safety Response Plan, A.L.I.C.E. A.L.I.C.E. (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) is a comprehensive program which provides students and staff with the strategies and options needed in order to respond to and survive an active shooter attack. A.L.I.C.E. teaches individuals to participate in their own survival while leading others to safety. Teachers and principals were introduced to the A.L.I.C.E. strategies during the summer of 2016 and will continue to receive additional training throughout the 2016-2017 school year. Building All Hazard Safety teams will continue to tailor the A.L.I.C.E. strategies to meet the needs of their building and students. Each building team will determine when to introduce the students to A.L.I.C.E. With A.L.I.C.E. training, our teachers will be better prepared to handle this unlikely event.