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While cities across the nation have seen public safety agencies and school officials pull together after a shooting or accident affecting a school, Monroe County officials have pulled together ahead of time. In a full-day workshop held Jan. 15 Monroe County Safe School Coordinator Sunny Booker brought more than 40 county-wide school and emergency-related officials together to review and improve the school system’s crisis plan.
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Safety Awareness Day Huge Success: The First Child’s Safety Awareness Day held at Bayview Park Saturday, August 25, had about 500 people in attendance. “This free, family event was fun-filled and may very well save lives,” said Superintendent Randy Acevedo who partnered Monroe County School District with the Dade Lodge #14 of Free & Accepted Masons in Key West to develop Child’s Safety Awareness Day.Full story

  • Bus Safety Brochure: “Are We There Yet?: Staying Safe Between Home and School.” - The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) and Florida’s school districts and charter schools are committed to the safety of Florida’s students and schools. Ensuring access to learning requires that students get to and from school safely, regardless of their mode of travel. Students often walk, bike, or ride to and from school or the bus stop on their own or with parents, guardians, or others.

    Rule 6A-3.0121, Florida Administrative Code, requires districts and charter schools to inform parents, guardians, and students at least annually in writing of their own responsibilities for safe travel to and from school or the bus stop and their homes. To assist schools in fulfilling this responsibility, the FDOE offices of School Transportation and Safe Schools have developed the brochure, “Are We There Yet?: Staying Safe Between Home and School.” This brochure offers tips to parents, guardians, and students on how to stay safe, especially when the students are not with school officials who can help protect them.

  • Safety Meeting - As part of its ongoing school safety initiative, the Key West Police Department, in coordination with the Monroe County School District, recently conducted school lock-down drills and has been meeting with school district officials to hone emergency preparedness plans for all local schools.

  • Keynoter Article - October 6, 2006 - Faculty and staff at the Monroe County School District are keeping a close eye on campus visitors after four recent school shootings throughout the U.S. and Canada left a combined 11 dead, seven of them students and one a principal.