Friday, March 8, 2013
The ALICE program encourages a more flexible response to an active shooter situation. The next step in the process of implementing the program will be to instruct Stoughton teachers about ALICE.
After participating in a training program and making a presentation to the Stoughton School Committee, Stoughton school and police officials took the another step Tuesday in putting the ALICE school shooter response program into operation by holding a forum for parents at the O'Donnell Middle School media center. In the wake of the Newtown, CT shooting in December and past tragedies at Virginia Tech and at Columbine High School in Colorado, different methods of dealing with the unthinkable happening in Stoughton are going to be used. O'Donnell Middle School assistant principal David Guglia and Stoughton High assistant principal Michael O'Neil outlined the program for the parents. Past protocol in the event of a school shooting involved …
Friday, February 15, 2013
Stoughton School officials and members of the Stoughton Police recently took part in ALICE school shooter response training, hosted by the Norfolk County DA. The program encourages a more flexible response to an active shooter situation.
You wouldn't stay in a building that was filling up with smoke, so why do so if there was an active shooter in the building, Stoughton Police Chief Paul Shastany reasons. The common practice has been for a school to go into lockdown if there was an active shooter in the building, but the more passive approach might not be as effective as a more proactive defense, supporters of the ALICE program say. ALICE - an acronym for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate - was developed by Greg Crane, a former SWAT police officer, and Lisa Crane a school principal. Chief Shastany spoke to the Stoughton School Committee about the ALICE program and its benefits at the Committee's Feb. 12 meeting. Like, the Chief, it's something the Stoughton …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.
LOCAL TEMPLE HOLDING FUNDRAISER FOR CONNECTICUT VICTIM: Stoughton's Ahavath Torah Congregation is holding a fundraiser for the family of 6-year-old Noah Pozner, who was a victim of the Newtown, CT school shooting that took the lives of 20 young children and six teachers and administrators. Noah had a twin sister and an 8-year-old sister, both of whom survived the Dec. 14 tragedy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, the Boston Herald reports. Ahavath Torah Congregation President David Schulze tells About Town, "There are no real deep formal plans. We just decided today that we needed to do something and it was clear to me that we need to stand with our Jewish community here and everywhere. I talked with board member Jon Bloom and vice …
Sunday, December 16, 2012
In the wake of the tragic mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, Dr. Marguerite Rizzi, Superintendent of Stoughton Schools said the District Crisis Team met Sunday to review Stoughton's safety plans and procedures.
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
Editor's Note: Originally posted 6 a.m. on Dec. 15 and updated at 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 16. The following is a message Dr. Marguerite Rizzi, Superintendent of the Stoughton Public Schools sent to members of the media and a letter to parents Sunday afternoon following a meeting of the Schools' District Crisis Team. The meeting came in the wake of the Friday morning shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. Adam Lanza, 20, reportedly killed his mother then 20 children and six adults at the elementary school, before killing himself. Dr. Rizzi also issued a statement Friday evening in regards to the shooting. That statement can be found below as well. *** STATEMENT TO MEDIA (Sunday, Dec. 16) We wish to reassure the parents of …
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“There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.” – The Dalai Lama When unthinkable tragedy strikes, we grapple for a way to come to terms with the how and the why. We search for ways to make sense of what happened, even when it doesn't make sense. The horrific shooting that took place at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, CT on Friday, Dec. 14, stunned a nation as the news broke that not one child, but 20, six- and seven-year-old children and six of their teachers had been shot and killed by a gunman who then took his own life. Most communities can only begin to imagine sorrow …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Local and state police in Newtown, Conn., were called to an elementary school at about 9:30 a.m. Friday morning after a gunman allegedly opened fire at the school.
UPDATED at 8:40 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15... NEWTOWN, CT -- Connecticut police said Friday afternoon that 26 people, including 20 children, were killed at an elementary school after a gunman opened fire. Another adult was killed at a second location. The Scene Police in Newtown were called to the Sandy Hook School at about 9:30 a.m. after receiving a 911 call Friday morning. Authorities said the gunman was found dead inside the school. He was reportedly armed with four guns and a high-powered assault rifle. Authorities said during a press conference that they have retrieved three weapons from the scene. A parent interviewed on CBS News told the network on Friday that his 8-year-old daughter said she heard an argument and cursing over the …
Saturday, April 28, 2012
A look at the top headlines in your town and the surrounding area for the week of April 22, 2012.
Bank Robbery Suspect in Norton Identified Norton Police Detectives have identified the Mansfield Bank robbery suspect as Ramon Felix, 27, of Quincy. A bank employee told the Norton Police Department that a male entered the Mansfield Bank on W. Main Street in Norton at about 6 p.m. on April 21, approached a teller and handed her a note requesting money and stating that he had a weapon. No weapon was shown to the teller. The male then fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash. Read more by clicking here. *** School Shooting Threats Made in Notebook Lead to Stoughton High Student’s Arrest A Stoughton High student was arrested after a notebook containing “disturbing plans for a school shooting type attack” was discovered by a teacher …
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
An 18-year-old Stoughton High student was arrested after a teacher discovered a notebook containing plans for a school shooting.
A Stoughton High student faces charges after a notebook containing “disturbing plans for a school shooting type attack” was discovered by a teacher and turned over to Stoughton Police, according to Executive Officer Robert Devine. Devine said these threats were allegedly written back in August, but were discovered towards the end of the school day on Friday, April 13, SHS Principal Matt Colantonio said. The student, 18-year-old Sean Ivaldi, has been arrested. He was arraigned on Friday, April 20, and held after a dangerousness hearing on Monday, April 23, Devine said. The student is charged with four counts of threats to commit a crime; terroristic threats; and disturbing a school assembly. In an email sent out to subscribers of the …
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9:56 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Until laws are heavily changed to restrict all automatic weapons, high powered rifles, and buying bullets and magazines online, schools will have to get real security just like federal building, unfortunetly. we should push for real security services like hospitals and other public institutions that have the potential for a threat. There's no doubt in my mind that security will be required in all… more ›