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Safety & Security
Safe School Helpline
Students, parents and community members should use the Safe School Helpline to report threats of violence, suicide, bullying and illegal activity that could harm children in our schools. This service will provide users the opportunity to leave a message or speak with a live crisis counselor for immediate needs. The helpline is administered by an independent, outside company. All communications are PRIVATE, CONFIDENTIAL and ANONYMOUS.
The Safe School Helpline can be accessed via three methods:
- By telephone at 1-800-4-1-VOICE ext. 359 (1-800-418-6423 ext. 359)
- Online at Safe School Helpline
- By texting 614-426-0240 and typing "TIPS" as the message.
Safety and Security
Technology
Security cameras are placed in key positions throughout the Orange Schools Campus. These cameras display and record video that can be viewed online by District administrators. In an emergency, local police can access the video feed via laptop computers in their cruisers. School officials and local police can also use these videos when investigating any incidents.
Staff Identification & Visitors
All staff are assigned photo identification cards which allow access to the buildings where they work. All doors in the school buildings are kept secure. Visitors must be buzzed in at the front door of each school, sign the guest registry and wear a visitor tag.
Good Relationships with Local Safety Forces
The Orange Schools maintain a solid, cooperative relationship with local police and fire departments. These safety forces meet regularly with school officials in a proactive environment to ensure the safety and security of Orange Schools students and staff. The safety forces also take part in school staff safety training. In addition, Orange Schools, Pepper Pike, and Moreland Hills have taken a proactive approach by assigning school resource officers. People from the local police and fire departments often spend time in buildings throughout the District to interact with students.
Safety Committee
The Orange Schools Safety Committee meets regularly to discuss safety and security issues throughout the District.
School Resource Officers - Todd Bennett & Scott Bennett
In a proactive approach by Orange Schools, Pepper Pike, and Moreland Hills, police officers Todd Bennett and Scott Bennett have been assigned to work as a school resource officers. They interact with students daily, educate students on various issue, make themselves available to students who have an issue or concern and resolves conflicts.
Safety Drills
In an effort to make sure our students and staff are well prepared in case of an emergency, every school holds regularly scheduled rotating safety drills. The safety routines that are practiced include tornado drills, fire drills, evacuation drills and shelter-in-place drills. Building staff evaluates the effectiveness of each drill and determines if any adjustments need to be made.
Emergency Management Tests & Training
A series of three (3) Emergency Management Tests are conducted annually, one test per year, as required by the State of Ohio. These tests include; a table-top exercise, a functional exercise, and a full-scale exercise
Lightning Detection System
A lightning detection system has been installed on the Orange Schools campus which alerts everyone using the various athletic fields across campus that a lightning storm is highly possible. People are more susceptible to lightning strikes when in an open field. Upon hearing the siren alert, everyone should leave the fields and move indoors.
Automated External Defibrillators (AED)
Automated External Defibrillators (AED) are located in every building on campus in various locations in case of a medical emergency where a person suffers a cardiac arrest and needs emergency resuscitation. Although trainers and certain staff are trained in using the devices, these kits are designed so that anyone can use them by following the step-by-step directions given within each unit.
Staff Development Opportunities and Training
Orange has had various opportunities over the years to set aside time for staff safety and security training. This has included presentations by various safety groups including the FBI, Secret Service and Homeland Security. It also included table top training sessions where staff and local safety forces worked together in small groups to try to resolve a fictional safety scenario.