Board of Education District Office Virginia Coffey, President, Area 1 Washington*

Recommendations 6

• R1
  The Grand Jury Although the due date As of January 2024, all recommends that, before will be implemented no for implementation of WUSD campuses were the start of the 2024-25 this recommendation is later than June 30, assessed for site safety school year, each school 2024." "The District is vulnerability. not until the beginning district identify additional working with the West of the 2024-25 school hardening approaches and Sacramento PD, the year, the Grand Jury is Now that the are develop a plan to protect Maintenance, Operations, requesting a status completed, we are further areas of its schools working with our Transportation report on what the that remain vulnerable. Department, and an District has done to Maintenance & independent safety date toward Operations Department consultant to assess to address the implementing this campuses for site safety recommendation. recommendations for vulnerability. site hardening measures in This assessment will preparation for the determine hardening 24-25 school year. approach needs and provide the necessary information to develop a plan to implement before the 24-25 school year starts." Recommendations
• R2
  Prior to the start of WUSD responded that Links to WUSD's most The Grand Jury requests the 2024-25 school year, this recommendation a copy of the latest recent CHKS survey results each school district are below: has been implemented. survey or a link to the should develop a website where the SMART (Specific, https://wested.ent.bo survey results can be Measurable, Attainable, x.com/s/4mm3830q viewed if the Relevant, and yf6osctajv28d7mfoi information is available time-bound) plan to zq4178 online. encourage all students to https://wested.ent.bo complete the California x.com/s/r7pgyfyreyq Healthy Kids Survey 0nbws3sb8ragrlptlqz and similar findings, QO especially those related to potentially violent actions. Washington Unified School District-Grand Jury Response Update Recommendations
• R3
  Prior to the start of WUSD responded that Although the due date As site vulnerability the 2024-25 school year, this recommendation has for implementation of assessments are each school district been implemented, "The this recommendation completed, the District should evaluate and District is committed to is not until the is working with our improve signage for all of increasing signage Maintenance & beginning of the its schools, so that visibility before the start 2024-25 school year, Operations Department visitors can easily find of the 2024- 25 school the Grand Jury is to address the the school's office to year to denote the requesting a status recommendations for register upon their arrival. office's location" report as to what the signage before the start The district has done to of the 24-25 school date towards the year. implementation of this recommendation. Recommendations
• R4
  Prior to the start of WUSD responded "This The Grand Jury is All school site staff were the 2024-25 school year, will be implemented no asking for any trained on threats of each school district later than November 1, documents that show violence at school site should require and 2023." that this staff meetings in August document that training recommendation was 2023. related to threats of implemented before violence is completed by November 1, 2023. In addition, all staff its teachers (regular and were trained on the substitute), staff and emergency administrators every year. communication system for events related to threats of violence. Sample Agenda is linked below: https://docs.google.com/ document/d/1 X97n2blg eCl1gVRrBV9VcZ-CV2 EEhgU6sVh2B NZHo/e dit Washington Unified School District-Grand Jury Response Update Recommendations
• R5
  Prior to the start of WUSD responded that Although the due date As training is the 2024-25 school year "This will be implemented for implementation of completed, staff and each subsequent no later than June 5, this recommendation feedback is collected. school year, Davis, 2024, following the is not until June 5, Washington and Winters District's review and 2024, the Grand Jury An annual survey of school districts should development of a survey is requesting a status teachers, staff, and identify and document a process to evaluate the report on what the administrators is being statistically reliable effectiveness of safety District has done to developed for method or tool for training." date towards implementation before measuring the implementing this June 5, 2024, and each effectiveness of school recommendation. year after that. safety training, including an annual survey of teachers, staff and administrators. Recommendations
• R6
  Before the start of WUSD responded, "This Although the due date Data Confirmation the 2024-25 school year will be implemented no for implementation of protocols were and each subsequent later than June 30, 2024." this recommendation implemented on school year, each district is not until June 30, August 28, 2023, and should achieve and 2024, the Grand Jury January 8, 2024, to maintain an emergency is requesting a status update student notification contact rate of report as to what the emergency contact at least 95% with parents The district has done to information to increase or guardians, as verified date towards the our emergency by their third-party implementation of this notification contact emergency notification rate with parents and recommendation. providers. guardians. Signed: Cheryl Hildreth, Ed.D., Superintendent Washington Unified School District