Project SAVE

Pursuant to the Project SAVE (Safe Schools Against Violence in Education) regulations:

• Shen has a district-wide SAVE Committee that  develops and maintains a comprehensive Districtwide Emergency Response Plan that outlines what to do in the event of a natural, criminal or toxic disaster including emergency response protocols and prevention techniques. It is filed with the NYS Education Department annually. The district plan is always available to the public.

• The district also has School Emergency Response Teams in every building that develop and maintain a School Safety Plan outlining evacuation routes, shelter sites, procedures for addressing medical needs, transportation, and emergency notification to parents. The building plans are confidential.

• The district-level and building-level Emergency Response Teams meet several times throughout the year and are comprised of teachers, staff, administrators, school board members, law enforcement, emergency responders, parents, and students.

• The district-level and building-level Emergency Response Teams are trained to use the Incident Command System (ICS). The National Incident Command System (ICS) standardizes incident management across all levels of government—federal, state and local.