NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HAVEN, Kan. — Haven USD 312 Superintendent Craig Idacavage explained the procedure for notifying parents when there is an incident involving student safety in the district.
"It's kind of situation specific," Idacavage said. "Sometimes, we'd follow up with a Thrillshare, which is a communication system that we use to talk to our parents to send out mass communication, letting them know. In another situation, sometimes we can't share information to protect privacy of everybody that is involved."
The main thing parents want to know is that their kids are safe, and as soon as school staff is sure of that, they want to get that message out.
"We always have adults on staff to talk through any trauma that drills cause," Idacavage said. "Drills do cause trauma, no matter if its a fire drill or a tornado drill. Those things can cause trauma with some kids. Being able to address those kinds of things, from a policy standpoint, we trust that our admin are going to keep everybody safe and make decisions, whether its a soft lockdown or if it was something outside, a level 1, where we just had to bring kids inside. We'll talk through it. If it's something we need to communicate with parents or if it's something we need to just do within our building, depending on the age."
Drills are required by state law.
"We've got a great relationship with Haven PD and the sheriff's department," Idacavage said. "I've got Chief Shaffer on my cell phone, so I can text him and he'll reply or come up to my office, but our PD does a really good job of just getting into our buildings and visiting with admin, walking around, eating lunch with kids. They are seen in our buildings and just not out on the streets all the time."
If you have other questions, feel free to contact the Haven USD 312 central office at (620) 465-3445.
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