In light of a recent event involving violence at Abington Senior High School, superintendent Dr. Jeffrey Fecher provided opening remarks related to school safety at a meeting of the Board of School Directors on Tuesday, September 6.

Dr. Fecher outlined several approaches to addressing violent incidents and the prevention of future occurrences, including:

(1) Continuing issuing strict consequences to address unacceptable behaviors, particularly for repeat offenders, and communicating the severity of these offenses to our students;
(2) Increasing anti-violence prevention efforts across the District from K-12;
(3) Continuing to work with community partners to address these behaviors that are manifested throughout the community, even during hours beyond the school day;
(4) Continually increasing safety measures across the District to ensure proper personnel are in place to contain any of these situations swiftly, and provide essential and sound emergency responses;
(5) Maintaining a strong relationship with the Abington Township Police Department, which is a result of decades of working together; and
(6) Continuing to work with families to lend support, particularly to parents/guardians who are struggling.

Assistant Superintendent Dr. James Melchor, Director of Pupil Services Dr. Robert Rosenthal, and Abington Township Chief of Police Patrick Molloy presented a joint orientation on safety and security, with a focus on violence prevention.

You can watch the meeting below:

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