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Lexington Rotary Club Gets School Security Update and Hears About New Student Club at Minuteman High School
Rotarians hear about safety initiative called ALICE training and plans that are underway for a new student Interact Club at Minuteman
PHOTO CAPTION: Susan Carabbio, President of the Lexington Rotary Club, presents Brian Tildsley, Assistant Principal at Minuteman High School, with a plaque in appreciation for his presentation on school safety.
Lexington Rotary Club Gets School Security Update, Hears About Creation of New Student Club at Minuteman High School
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LEXINGTON – As it does several times each year, Minuteman High School hosted a luncheon meeting of the Lexington Rotary Club again this month.
Assistant Principal Brian Tildsley gave a presentation on March 20 about new safety procedures being implemented at the school to better protect students, faculty and staff.
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The new safety initiative – perhaps best known as ALICE training – is designed to give students, teachers, and staff immediate information in the event an armed intruder was to get into the school. This empowers them to make informed decisions and consider a wider range of options aimed at increasing their chances of avoiding injury or death.
The ALICE training replaces the widely discredited one-size-fits-all shelter-in-place measures used in the past. The vast majority of security experts and law enforcement personnel now conclude that the old process actually increased the likelihood that students would be harmed in the event an armed intruder got into the building.
Over the past year or so, Minuteman has conducted ALICE training for students and staff with the help of police departments from the towns of Lincoln and Lexington.
Lexington Rotary Club President Susan Carabbio presented a plaque to Assistant Principal Tildsley in appreciation of his presentation on school safety. Rotary Club members also thanked the teachers and students in the school’s Culinary Arts program who prepared the luncheon for the Rotary Club.
Rotary Club members also learned that Minuteman administrator Maryanne Ham is working with the Lexington Rotary Club to establish a student “Interact Club” at Minuteman. Interact Clubs are for young adults between the ages of 12-18 and are designed to help them gain leadership skills while discovering the power of “Service Above Self,” the Rotary Club’s motto. The Interact Club will be for Minuteman High School students only. A member of the Lexington Rotary Club will attend at least one meeting every month.