1. School Safety Task Force Presentation to the BOE
Dr. Jeff Wilson
Director of Operations
Mr. Al Lankford
Security Operations Coordinator
November 1, 2018

2. Agenda School Safety Task Force Azimuth
School Safety Engagement Forums
School Safety Task Force: Selection
School Safety Task Force: Parameters
School Safety Task Force: Timeline
Questions

3. School Safety Task Force Azimuth
School safety engagement forums
District consolidation of community input
Selection of Task Force members
Task Force review of community input
Task Force presentation of recommendations
Superintendent collaborates with Task Force to find opportunities for implementing school security and parent accountability enhancements
Periodic assessment and review

4. School Safety Engagement Forums: Mission
To create a forum for all Huntsville City Schools stakeholders to share ideas and concepts for enhancing school safety and parent accountability

5. School Safety Engagement Forums: Group Facilitator Teams
Lead Facilitator: Dr. Jeffrey Wilson
Yellow group: Rena Anderson & Josh Morris
Orange group: Andrea Penn & Thomas Jordan
Pink group: Dr. Cary Grant & Monique Jackson
Green group: Cedric Delbridge & Robert Haynes
White group: Dr. Tim Scott & Steve Riche
Each Group Facilitator has designated a plus one to cover in case they cannot attend a particular event

6. School Safety Engagement Forums: Concept (1)
HCS Staff leads school safety engagement forums to generate initial ideas and concepts for review and analysis
HCS Staff designs conversations around topic areas that group ideas under general themes:
Parent involvement and accountability
School security measures
Government initiatives (Local/State/Federal)
Awareness
HCS Staff pairs senior leaders with Campus Security Officer (CSO) Supervisors to facilitate discussion
School safety engagement forums will be active environments for positive exchange of ideas and productive work toward actionable goals and objectives

7. School Safety Engagement Forums: Concept (2)
Participants will divide into small groups for focused work under the guidance of HCS Staff, then share input
5 meetings, 1 per feeder pattern
District 5: Monday Oct. 1, CHS (5:30pm – 7:00pm)
District 3: Tuesday, Oct. 2, GHS (5:30pm – 7:00pm)
District 1: Wednesday, Oct. 3, JHS (5:30pm – 7:00pm)
District 2: Monday, Oct. 15, LHS (5:30pm – 7:00pm)
District 4: Wednesday, Oct. 17, HHS (5:30pm – 7:00pm)
Forums will begin in the High School Auditorium. Sign in table will be present outside the Auditorium doors. Participants will be given a colored 3x5 card that will designate their small group.
After the introductions by the Superintendent and the Lead Facilitator (10 minutes), group leaders will take their groups to designated break out rooms for their discussions (40 minutes)
After discussion, groups will reconvene in the Auditorium for sharing between groups and closing comments (30 minutes)

8. School Safety Engagement Forums: Ground Rules
Forward focused
Solution oriented
Mutually respectful
Not judgmental
Brief and to the point

9. School Safety Task Force: Selection
To select a School Safety Task Force that is properly representative of the Huntsville Community to review input received from the School Safety Engagement Forums and provide recommendations to the Superintendent for actionable school safety goals and objectives

10. School Safety Task Force: Selection
Three Categories of Applications
Parent application
Community Partner application
HCS Employee application
Page 1 will be personal information, and will be separated from the question narrative pages in each application by the Executive Administrative Assistant before the applications are given to the committee readers
Page 2 will contain the question narratives
Q1: please share information about your involvement in activities or organizations that support our schools and/or community
Q2: how do you believe you can contribute to the goal of enhancing safety and security in our schools by serving on the School Safety Task Force?
Q3: what perspectives would your participation bring to the School Safety Task Force?
Q4: how do you think the School Safety Task Force can help generate interest and feedback about school safety and security status in Huntsville City Schools? How would you help the School Safety Task Force accomplish this goal?
Page 3 will contain the Statement of Impartiality and Commitment

11. School Safety Task Force Parameters
2 year commitment
Missing 3 meetings will result in dismissal from the Task Force
Task Force will select Officers (President, Vice President, Secretary, and Parliamentarian)
HCS Staff will provide 2 senior mentors (Jeff Wilson, Rena Anderson)
Task Force will leverage subject matter experts as required, who will be invited to specific meetings

12. School Safety Task Force: Timeline
Thursday, November 1: Discuss concept at BOE
Friday, November 2: Application window opens/website page activated
Friday, November 16: Application window closes/website page deactivated
Friday, December 14: School Safety Task Force selections notified via letter
Week of January 14: First meeting
Subsequent meetings: Weeks of January 28, February 11, February 25, March 11, and March 25
Week of March 25: Recommendations presented to Superintendent
April : Recommendations presented at BOE

13. Questions