Schools' Crisis Program ALICE 'Go Buckets' Donated By Home Depot

EAST HAVEN, CT —In collaboration with the East Haven police and fire departments, East Haven Public Schools began training in November 2019 to adopt a new strategy for school lockdown procedures known as ALICE.

ALICE is an acronym for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate.

Since 2019 additional police officers, fire personnel and schools' staff have been certified as ALICE instructors. In May, all East Haven Public Schools' faculty and staff were trained in school building preparation to train students upon their return in August for the 2022-2023 school year.

As part of this crisis response initiative, volunteers from the schools, police and fire departments, and Team Depot, the Home Depot’s associate volunteer force, will come together with the community Aug. 9 to put together 400 “Go-Buckets."

Since each crisis or emergency is unique, the “Go Buckets” will have a variety of materials that can be used in the classroom or travel with the class during an emergency evacuation. “Go Buckets” will be prepared and distributed thanks to the generous donation of The Home Depot Foundation valued over $17,000.

In addition to the items already purchased, EHPS is looking to equip each Go Bucket with a tourniquet and are seeking donations to help offset the costs. If you would like to make a monetary donation to help with the purchase of tourniquets, please make a check out to East Haven Public Schools, 35 Wheelbarrow Lane, East Haven, Connecticut 06513, and in the memo line, write "Go Buckets."

The buckets will be placed in instructional spaces in all East Haven schools across the district.

Tune in to Sunday’s For the People broadcasts live on Connecticut's Connoisseur Media stations to hear a recent interview with Superintendent of Schools Erica Forti and East Haven police Capt. Joseph Murgo.

Just click on the 'Stations' tab and then 'Connecticut': https://connoisseurmedia.com/stations/