More than two dozen local educators recently participated in a full-scale ALICE training event hosted at Benjamin Logan Elementary School.
ALICE Training helps schools better prepare their most valuable assets — their people — to prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from a violent critical incident.
The Logan County Sheriff’s Office, Benjamin Logan Schools and Ohio Hi-Point Career Center collaborated to provide this training to staff members who are new to the area schools.
The ALICE Training was conducted by local law enforcement and provided the participants with the tools to perform school safety drills and exercises with effective response options in the event of an active shooter situation.
ALICE is an acronym that stands for proactive steps that can be taken in this type of emergency — Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate.
“No single response fits all active shooter situations,” Logan County Sheriff Randy Dodds said. “However, making sure each individual knows his or her options for response and is prepared to react decisively can save valuable time and help minimize the loss of life.”
Superintendent John Scheu said a safe school environment is the best way to help students thrive.
“Each school day, our district is entrusted to provide a safe and healthy teaching and learning environment for approximately 1,700 students and 214 employees.
“Families and communities expect our schools to keep their students safe from all threats, including human-caused emergencies such as crimes of violence.”