A Word From Our Principal
Dear St. Francis Borgia School families,
The safety of our students is of utmost importance to all the faculty and staff of our school. We practice drills so that when faced with a situation everyone knows how to react safely. So far this year we have practiced one fire drill per month, two tornado drills and two lockdown drills. Our “Principal of the Day” Maria Garni initiated the lockdown drill that occurred yesterday.
Thursday the installation of our new “WAVE” system was completed. This system has 25 points of alert buttons for initiation throughout the school. We had our very first testing of the system Thursday at 3:40pm. The office had announced the testing was going to occur and it was a test of the new equipment. I made sure Childcare was aware and Officer Nick spoke to students who were at play practice.
Officer Nick had to communicate with law enforcement that we were testing the system. I initiated the test by using one of the buttons. I was overwhelmingly impressed by the system-which automatically had a siren, a verbal alert, and communicated with all Ozaukee County Law Enforcement: Mequon, Cedarburg, Grafton, Port Washington and Saukville. It will also be picked up by Washington County Sheriff, Jackson PD, and in Milwaukee County - Bayside PD. During the test I heard each law enforcement department radio in a confirmation from their location that they received our “alert”. This confirmation came seconds after the button initiated the test. Amazing!
Although this new equipment is quite outstanding, I reflect on the unfortunate circumstance of factions of society that require a system such as this to insure the safety of our students. Again, know that the safety of our students is of paramount importance.
Oh Father, my hope,
Oh Son, my refuge,
Oh Holy Spirit, my protection.
Holy Trinity, all glory and honor to you.
Amen.
Amy Royes
