Carbon Career & Technical Institute Principal Michelle Allen addressed the Joint Operating Committee this month about safety in the school.

A comprehensive School Safety and Security Report was presented to the Joint Operating Committee during executive session and discussed.

At CCTI safety and security is taken seriously and is part of schoolwide planning. CCTI is a certified ALICE school. Officer Henry Woods is a certified train-the-trainer.

Throughout the year, CCTI staff are trained at meetings and online on what to do during an active shooter event.

Parents and students have been kept updated as well through training and information posted on the CCTI website.

CCTI offers many trainings and presentations to staff and students’ yearly, involving security and safety.

“For example,” Allen explained, “one of the important trainings offered to students is the Safe 2 Say Something anonymous tip line. CCTI’s Safe 2 Say Something team has done an excellent job responding to all reported incidents during the school day, evenings, late evenings, early mornings, weekends and holidays.”

Allen said CCTI addresses behavioral health and school climate in many ways. Behavioral health is addressed through Student Assistance Program, Transition Teams, the guidance and special education department, and relationships with outside agencies, such as Carbon Pike Monroe Counties Drug & Alcohol and Children & Youth.