From the Field: Building Capacity and Collaboration for Safer Schools

How are school safety professionals across the country turning grant funding into lasting change? In this panel discussion, STOP School Violence grantees share the strategies and lessons behind their work. Julie McClure and Seana Wagner from Napa County Office of Education in California walk through how they developed a county-wide emergency response protocol spanning five school districts. Gabriela Chapa Herrera from Pasadena Independent School District in Texas describes how they expanded mental health cross-training for police through a co-responder model. And Jess Mangram from SERRC in Alaska shares how they helped school districts implement an anonymous reporting system and build out additional counseling capacity. If you’re looking for practical, real-world examples of school safety work in action, this conversation offers ideas and approaches you can consider for your community.

This video brings together STOP School Violence grantees from across the country to share their school safety experiences, so you may hear references to grant-funded work and programs as part of their context. To learn more about the STOP program, visit: https://bja.ojp.gov/program/stop-school-violence-program/overview