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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 18, 2009 KANSAS SCHOOL PREPAREDNESS WEEK DECLARED, SAFE SCHOOLS CONFERENCE PLANNEDNo. 09-101 With Gov. Mark Parkinson declaring Sept. 21 – 25 Kansas School Preparedness Week, the Kansas Center for Safe and Prepared Schools is co-hosting a statewide conference Sept. 28 – 29 in Salina, Kan. The Kansas State Department of Education and Kansas Adjutant General’s Department staff members will co-host a Kansas Safe and Prepared Schools Conference at the Webster Conference Center, located at 2601 N. Ohio St., Salina, Kan. Kevin Jennings, assistant secretary of U.S. Department of Education, will serve as the keynote speaker. The conference serves to host school administrators, board members, teachers, counselors and resource officers to focus topics ranging from classroom behavior to natural disasters and possible school violence. “What is particularly unique about this event is that we’re trying to broaden the communication between school officials, first responders and emergency management personnel,” said, Bob Hull, director, Kansas Center for Safe and Prepared Schools. “School crisis is also community crisis; if it happens to a school, it happens to the community.” Hull, Olathe, has served as the director of the Kansas Center for Safe and Prepared Schools since February 2009. Hull has spent 30 years in the public education system and prior to becoming the director served as a Kansas school superintendent. Parkinson signed the proclamation Thursday, Sept. 10 declaring Kansas School Preparedness Week, citing on any given day 20 percent or more of Kansans are gathered in a school setting, where society and parents expect their children to learn in a safe and prepared environment where school and community officials are prepared to handle unforeseen events. The Kansas Center for Safe and Prepared Schools serves to coordinate, recommend and implement resources and training that will improve safe and prepared learning environments for Kansas Schools. The Center will provide leadership in assisting schools in the prevention of, preparation for, respond to and recovery from crisis events that impact schools and their communities. For more information about the Kansas Center for Safe and Prepared Schools call, 785 274 1428.-30- Follow the Kansas Adjutant General’s Department on Twitter at http://twitter.com/KSAdjutantGen |
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