Last Friday, a threat towards an unspecified instructor was left in one of our bathrooms. As a result, our school implemented its emergency team, and notified the local PD, who kindly sent three officers to patrol our campus for the day.
Unfortunately, the event happened the week before we launched our new Emergency Notification system (Blackboard connect for those who are curious).
However, we were able to spread the word quickly once we received direction. The committee was meeting, and it took some "ahems" to get into the room and get them to give us a statement to post on the website. Upon doing that, we also spread the word through our social media networks, campus email, and any other means we thought possible. The main reason is that rumors were starting to spread, and many students were getting frazzled by the unexpected police presence and searches going on as they entered class rooms. Additionally, some instructors were taken out of their class as a precautionary measure and replaced with another staff member to proctor the final exam.
Hopefully the incident was just an empty threat. I'm proud that the school did handle things in a much quicker way. There were a couple of issues, that I'll pass up the chain in hopes that next time we can spread word to students and visitors to the campus more effectively.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or Happy Festivus. Take your pick based on your religion!
Cya,
Paul
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