April 20, 2016
Schools continue to operate under tight budget constraints. With available dollars prioritized to educational delivery, it’s a simple reality that security-driven improvements can’t always rank…
April 20, 2016
Over the last year, school district administrators and staff have increasingly turned to the New Jersey Department of Education’s Office of School Preparedness and Emergency…
April 19, 2016
The Berkeley Township School District in 2013 received national attention for its work in school security, being selected as a “National Exemplary Program” by the…
April 18, 2016
A few years ago, I was proud to be named to a statewide task force that was created when Gov. Chris Christie signed a law…
April 18, 2016
I recall the first time I put my oldest child on the school bus. I drove my car down the driveway of our rural home…
April 18, 2016
Not quite two years after the tragic Sandy Hook school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, the New Jersey School Boards Association School Security Task Force in…
February 11, 2016
Can anything be done to prevent the kind of violence that occurred in Newtown? The answer – the only answer – is "We have to…
February 09, 2016
Of all of the duties of a local school board, are any more fundamentally important than keeping the children who are in our care safe…