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Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: January 7, 2020
If you’ve engaged with any Joffe resources, articles, or blog posts in the last year, there’s a good chance you read something about wildfires. We...
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Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: December 17, 2019
The American School Health Association (ASHA) is an international organization that has spent almost a century assisting schools in their mission to...
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Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: September 24, 2019
Automatic external defibrillators, or AEDs, are one of the most essential tools that school communities have to keep their people safe. As a brief...
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Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: September 11, 2019
Privacy has always been a challenge and concern for schools, even before every single individual on campus began carrying powerful technology in...
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Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: September 4, 2019
From our perspective, the most important goal or element in effective school safety protocols is knowing exactly who is on campus at any given time....
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Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: May 29, 2019
We’ve written before about how recovering from emergencies can be a long, complicated process. The hard work of rebuilding a campus and/or a...
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Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: April 3, 2019
I feel lucky to have grown up where I grew up. My high school, Charles D. Owen High (Go Warhorses!) is nestled in the Swannanoa Valley, surrounded by...
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Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: January 15, 2019
Lockdown drills are a necessary part of any good school safety plan. Knowing what to do in an emergency (and having practiced it enough to be able to...
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Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: January 10, 2019
In our field of school safety and emergency preparedness, we often deal with people who are feeling high levels of stress, anxiety, and fear. While...
