District conducts table top drills to plan for emergencies

District conducts table top drills to plan for emergencies
Recently members of the districts Safe and Civil Schools Committee conducted table top drills to review emergency procedures.

Walla Walla County Emergency Management Director Gay Ernst and her assistant Abby Van Donge organized the scenarios which simulated a gas leak at Sharpstein Elementary and power outages at five district schools.

Ernst guided district administrators and first responders through the scenarios by using the Incident Command System model. Mark Thompson also briefed the committee on work being done to curb bullying and harassment in schools.

Walla Walla High School Resource Office Scott Brashear from the Walla Walla County Sheriffs Department reviewed the districts Rapid Responder emergency management system. Brashear reported Walla Walla Public Schools is on track to meet all of the new Washington state safe and civil schools requirements for the second consecutive year.

Walla Walla Public Schools is one of the few in the state to meet all requirements of the legislative changes put into law in 2007.

Safe Schools Leadership Team
Mark Higgins, Chair
Scott Brashear and Matt Wood, Law Enforcement Specialists
Mark Thompson, Crisis Prevention Specialist
Kirk Jameson, Crisis Management Specialist
Angie Gardea, Post-Crisis Recovery Specialist (GriefBusters)
Liz Campeau, Student Safety Assessment Team Chair

Safe Schools Committee members
Max Carrera, School Board
Gay Ernst & Abby Van Donge , WW County Emergency Management
Kevin Braman, WW City Police School Resource Officer
Harvey Crowder, WW County Health Department
Michael Eggleston, WA State Patrol
Terry Heisey, WW City Police
Brad Morris, WW City Fire
Rocky Eastman, Fire District 4
Peggy Needham, Parent Involvement Specialist
Luke Waggoner, WW County Human Services
Norrie Gregoire, JJC