Code Red In the News
'Safety Summit' for educators
San Jose Mercury News
November 10, 2005
By John Woolfolk Mercury News
An explosion rocks a San Jose middle school, sparking a fire, injuring staff and students and shattering windows at a nearby elementary and high school. Smoke fills the school as students and teachers flee outdoors. Teachers lead the students to a football stadium, but an earlier dispute among eighth-grade boys erupts into fights as rival high school gangs join in. Read more »
Sticker Shock
Palo Alto Weekly
April 5, 2006
So how do police officers get kindergarten students to follow orders in the event of an emergency? It turns out they use stickers. Last week, the Palo Alto City/School Liaison Committee received an update on the city's readiness for emergencies. During the discussion, Carla Holtzclaw, a consultant for the Palo Alto Unified School District...Read more »
Code Red on campus
Los Altos Town Crier
By Alexa Tondreau
September 15, 2006
DISTRICTS TRAINED TO DEAL WITH COLUMBINESTYLE ATTACK
This year for the first time, educators, administrators and staff in both the Mountain View-Los Altos and Mountain View Whisman school districts attended training in emergency preparedness befitting a post-Columbine world. Read more »
Schools prepare for 'the big one'
Los Altos Town Crier
May 28, 2008
By Traci Newell
It's 10:45 a.m., and students all over Los Altos and Mountain View hear an announcement from their respective school officials - "Duck and cover, a major earthquake is striking the area." Read more »