2007 SCHOOL TRAGEDY PROMPTS INCREASED SAFETY CONCERN In 2007, the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School District experienced a tragic event in which a 16-year-old student stabbed a fellow student to death in the high school bathroom. Following, the district...
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2007 SCHOOL TRAGEDY PROMPTS INCREASED SAFETY CONCERN In 2007, the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School District experienced a tragic event in which a 16-year-old student stabbed a fellow student to death in the high school bathroom. Following, the district recognized the need to upgrade its safety and emergency protocols. However, as many hard-copy emergency plans, information was out-of-date and updates were easily lost in the shuffle of dayto-day district needs. SANDY HOOK SPARKS ACTION When the 2012 Sandy Hook tragedy occurred, the schools in Sudbury began practicing additional safety measures. School officials collaborated with Chief Nix and Michele Gay, mother of one of the Sandy Hook victims and new resident of Sudbury, to explore practical ways to improve school safety while preserving the warm and welcoming learning environment that generations of students have enjoyed in Sudbury. “Seconds can save lives,” says Michele Gay. “Empowering our responders to intervene quickly and wi
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