Trenton Public Schools – Safety update

It is hard to believe that we are moving into the month of April. In the world of education, this is what we refer to as the “final stretch.” With joy and a bit of hesitation, we will soon be wishing our 2023 graduates a fond farewell!

In the meantime, there is a tremendous amount that still needs to be done and many great memories to be made! Speaking of things that are getting done, please remember that you can access each and every Superintendent Report to the Board of Education on my webpage – (www.douglasmentzer.com.) District events can easily be followed on my Twitter account, (https://twitter. com/douglas_mentzer), as well as our Trenton Public Schools website –(www.trentonschools.com.)

I am reaching out today to remind our community that we remain vigilant to the goal of keeping our students and staff safe. Just this week alone, we met with our leaders of the Trenton Police Department regarding security access and we completed another Scenario Crisis Meeting recently (our topic was related to the tragedy at Northwestern High School).

Prior to our departure for Spring Break, we began the last steps of our adoption process of a Crisis Communication Platform that will allow us to communicate and provide information during an incident from any electronic device, while also alerting the proper emergency personnel/first responders of what is going on. We are the first public school district to sign a contract with Aegix Global – see their website here: https://aegixaim.com/ about-aegix/.

Though we are satisfied with our progress over the last two years, we will continue to look at our safety plans and work on continuous improvement. Status quo is not an option. For your reference, I have provided an updated list of action items related to safety measures that we have implemented