Governor Larry Hogan recently launched “Safe Schools Maryland,” a tip line and mobile app designed to streamline reporting of possible threats to students and school facilities. The school safety tip line is coordinated by the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) in partnership with the Maryland Center for School Safety. Dr. Daniel D. Curry, Superintendent, said, […]
Del Mark Fisher: Make Schools Safer
This week, Governor Hogan rolled-out a new school safety tip line & mobile app, as part of his Safe Schools Maryland initiative. “The tip line staff will share incoming information with appropriate school system officials and staff, as well as law enforcement personnel, and emergency & medical staff. Governor Hogan said that $3.6 million in […]
Senator Steve Waugh: National School Safety
I am pleased to announce that the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has invited me to speak to a high-level, high-profile national event on school safety. “Given your tremendous leadership on school safety, you are uniquely qualified to contribute to this national policy discussion,” said Joan Wodiska, the Senior Federal Affairs Counsel at NCSL. […]
Governor Hogan Addresses School Safety Summit
Presents Citation to Deputy First Class Blaine Gaskill for Heroic Actions Governor Larry Hogan today attended the Maryland State School Safety Summit hosted by the Maryland Center for School Safety, the Maryland State Department of Education, and the Maryland State Police. At the summit, he presented an official governor’s citation to Deputy First Class Blaine […]
Sen Steve Waugh to Host School Safety FORUM
I am committed to school safety, and this session the legislature passed SB1265, the “SAFE TO LEARN ACT” This piece of legislation was crafted from four separate bills which got their start on my desk, plus some components from Gov. Hogan’s bill. The bill has 3 major purposes: Mental and Behavioral Health in Schools Organizational […]
Letter to Editor from Kinsey Weems
A Pledge to School Safety – Calvert County, MD Unfortunate Circumstance The shame of it all, is that we have to write plans and contingencies for active shooting incidents that occur in our schools. A place that should be for learning has for some, become a combative arena. The following is my opinion. I base […]
Sen Steve Waugh: Safe to Learn Act of 2018
School Safety Moving FAST We are committed to school safety, and this morning a Senate committee passed the final piece. Classroom Protections were moved into HB1783, and other components were moved into 2 others. The remaining components of my four bills have been consolidated in SB1265, renamed the “SAFE TO LEARN ACT”. The bill has […]
Letter From Deputy Dave Gatton on School Safety
Would love to see your thoughts and please share if you choose to. So in the next few weeks we are going to see much discussion on the safety of our students and teachers while they attend school. We have all heard the solutions presented and the reasons against those solutions. To me, if the […]
BOCC Issues Letter to Editor on School Safety
Calvert County Board of County Commissioners’ Statement on School Safety This is the fourth statement this Board of County Commissioners has issued in 2018. The first three were in response to an active shooter and the senseless, heartbreaking deaths of too many. Two of those tragedies occurred in schools; one of which was in St. […]
Del Deb Rey Offers Budget Amendment for School Safety
Delegate Rey Offers Budget Amendment to Provide $1M in Exclusive Funding for School Safety Grants and Programs Annapolis: Delegate Deb Rey today offered an amendment to the FY 2019 Budget to give an additional $1 million to school safety. The amendment used the $1 million from the Maryland Defense Act, which is allocated to the […]