The Oregon-Davis School Board discussed school safety during their meeting last week.
On September 22, Oregon-Davis School Superintendent Bill Bennett offered this statement to WKVI News.
Bennett commented, “Yesterday we were made aware of some social media posts about students who were concerned about some safety issues at school and wanted to hold a walk-out for school safety. What we have done today is teachers have prepared a statement for the entire student body and at nine o’clock today we allowed students to come down to the gym and have their concerns heard. I have teachers, principals, a school resource officer and counselors talking with the students, hearing their concerns so we make sure their voice is heard. We have had an incident in the past that triggered this and unfortunately due to confidentiality of student’s rights, we cannot share what discipline actions have been taken. There was some concern and feelings that maybe we didn’t do anything but unfortunately we cannot disclose that information.”
During the School Board meeting on September 26, board members each spoke expressing their appreciation for the corporation’s response to the issues brought forth the previous week. They encourage students to say something if they see something and reminded those in attendance about their online reporting forms for those who see something that would like to stay anonymous.
