School Safety

How Can Parents and Guardians Help With School Safety?

Information for Parents/Guardians

Information for Parents/Guardians

Please review your contact information in Infinite Campus to make sure all information is correct, and keep your information updated. (Please contact your school's data manager if your contact information is not up to date.)
Sign up for Nash County Public School and your child’s school(s) alert notifications to receive text and email messages.
Parents will usually receive texts and email messages from the district when emergency protocols are implemented. (Again, if you are not receiving notifications, please see your school's data manager if your contact information is not up to date. This is how you receive emergency notifications.)
Monitor the NCPS website, Facebook, and Instagram for updates and instructions. NCPS will usually post information and updates on social media once we know the information is accurate.
It is likely that information and misinformation will be on social media and reported through mainstream media before you receive communication from NCPS.
Nash County Public Schools’ priority is to make sure students and staff are safe and that their needs are being met. Then, once we have accurate information, it will be shared with parents. Sometimes this takes a little time; please be patient.
Please do not call the school during an emergency-staff members are focused on student safety, and phones will not be answered.
Please do not call your child at school during an emergency.
It is important that your child pays attention to their teacher’s instructions and what’s being asked of them at that moment. In the case of an intruder or active shooter, it is imperative that students and staff are quiet and that all phones are silenced.
If your child calls you during an emergency, please help them stay calm and remind them to listen to their teacher and follow directions.
Do not drive to the school during an emergency - the streets need to be open for response personnel to safely arrive.
If it becomes necessary to dismiss students through a Reunification site, please be mindful of the process and procedures prior to an incident. Your knowledge and understanding of the Reunification process will enable a smoother and safer Reunification with your child.

Say Something Anonymous Reporting

Per G.S. 115C-105.51, Nash County Public Schools uses the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System, providing a safe and anonymous way for students, parents, and community members to report safety concerns.

How Parents Can Help?

Please review your contact information in Infinite Campus to make sure all information is correct, and keep your information updated. (Please contact your school's data manager if your contact information is not up to date.)
Sign up for Nash County Public School and your child’s school(s) alert notifications to receive text and email messages.
Parents will usually receive texts and email messages from the district when emergency protocols are implemented. (Again, if you are not receiving notifications, please see your school's data manager if your contact information is not up to date. This is how you receive emergency notifications.)
Monitor the NCPS website, Facebook, and Instagram for updates and instructions. NCPS will usually post information and updates on social media once we know the information is accurate.
It is likely that information and misinformation will be on social media and reported through mainstream media before you receive communication from NCPS.
Nash County Public Schools’ priority is to make sure students and staff are safe and that their needs are being met. Then, once we have accurate information, it will be shared with parents. Sometimes this takes a little time; please be patient.
Please do not call the school during an emergency-staff members are focused on student safety, and phones will not be answered.
Please do not call your child at school during an emergency.
It is important that your child pays attention to their teacher’s instructions and what’s being asked of them at that moment. In the case of an intruder or active shooter, it is imperative that students and staff are quiet and that all phones are silenced.
If your child calls you during an emergency, please help them stay calm and remind them to listen to their teacher and follow directions.
Do not drive to the school during an emergency - the streets need to be open for response personnel to safely arrive.
If it becomes necessary to dismiss students through a Reunification site, please be mindful of the process and procedures prior to an incident. Your knowledge and understanding of the Reunification process will enable a smoother and safer Reunification with your child.

Per G.S. 115C-105.51, Nash County Public Schools uses the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System, providing a safe and anonymous way for students, parents, and community members to report safety concerns.

What is Say Something Anonymous Reporting System?

SS-ARS is an anonymous reporting system that lets students, parents, staff, and community members securely share safety concerns. It focuses on student and staff safety by:

1. Training students, teachers, and administrators how to recognize warning signs of someone who may be a threat to themselves or others—including signs on social media.

2. Providing a way to report concerning behavior, which then helps school administrators and law enforcement members prevent violence, suicide, bullying, self-harm and other dangerous behavior.

Nash County Public Schools (NCPS) has been working with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction as we launch this program in our schools. Every public school in North Carolina will adopt this program by the end of the year.

Reporting hotline – 1-844-5-SAYNOW (729-669)

The national nonprofit, Sandy Hook Promise (SHP), developed the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System (SS-ARS). The system allows youth and adults to securely submit anonymous safety concerns – anytime, from anywhere – to help identify and intervene upon at-risk individuals before they hurt themselves or others. The system enables school administrators and law enforcement to create effective interventions and to help prevent violence, suicide, bullying, self-harm and other forms of threatening behavior.

Designed specifically for use by students in grades 6-12, SS-ARS provides three reporting platforms (mobile app, website, 24/7 phone hotline) for users to submit tips – and a crisis center to examine and triage those tips. When credible tips are received, the crisis center will notify school-based representatives, even after hours, when tips are life-threatening and require immediate intervention. In cases of imminent threat, the crisis center will contact local 911 dispatch and involve law enforcement.

Anonymous Reporting System Tab and Information
Standard Safety Terms/Explanations
Reunification Video
Reunification Parent Brochure
Reunification Request Form

How does SS-ARS work?

Students and staff can submit an anonymous tip through an app, the website, or a phone call when they notice concerning or threatening behavior. Every submission goes directly to a trained crisis counselor. The counselor then shares the information and next steps with the NCPS school team and law enforcement as needed. The team steps in to address the threat.

Example:

The SS-ARS can be used to report threatening or harmful behavior, harassment and more. For example, imagine that one student, Lisa, is worried about her friend, Mary, harming herself—like cutting her arms—but Lisa isn’t sure who she can tell. Lisa doesn’t want to be labeled a “snitch” or for her friend to find out that she said something. Lisa can anonymously report her concern through the NCPS Say Something app, website, or through a phone call. The trained crisis counseling team will immediately take action to ensure Mary is safe and getting the right interventions to help her.

What happens to the tip if the individual reporting is threatening to hurt themselves?

Do I have to use Say Something? Does my student?

Who is Running the Program?

Say Something is a youth violence program presented by Sandy Hook Promise (SHP), a national nonprofit. SHP was founded and is led by family members who lost loved ones during the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in 2012. SHP has trained more than 11 million educators, parents, community leaders and students to recognize the signs of and prevent violence and harmful acts in schools.

How Much Are We Paying This Program?

What About Privacy?

Evolv Express

Information About Evolv Express
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Information About Evolv Express

Students and teachers have a fundamental right to feel and be safe in the classroom. Advanced weapons detection screening is helping to keep schools safer and empowering teachers to bring the focus back to education, as it should be so that the learning, development, and well-being of children are at the center of the school day.

FOR PARENTS/GUARDIANS:

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FOR STUDENTS:

Evolv is Coming to Your School!

FOR TEACHERS/STAFF:

Everything You Need to Know About the New Evolv Express® System at Your School

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Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS)

What is PBIS?

What is PBIS?

Standard Response Protocol - Common Language

Our schools have adopted The “I Love U Guys” Foundation’s Standard Response Protocol (SRP). Students and staff will be training, practicing, and drilling the protocol. Please see the linked PDF below to see common terms we will be using and their definitions.

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