State superintendent assertion on capturing outdoors Mount Horeb faculty

MADISON — State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly launched the next assertion concerning the capturing and lockdown earlier at present in Mount Horeb.

“My coronary heart broke at present with the information of the capturing and loss of life outdoors of Mount Horeb Center Faculty. I’m unhappy for the nice sense of hysteria and trauma brought on for college kids, faculty employees, and the neighborhood, and all of us on the Division of Public Instruction stand able to assist in any method we will.

“Our faculties must be welcoming locations for all college students, and so they have to be secure locations for all college students and employees.

“I need to particularly thank the neighborhood’s faculty employees and first responders to your fast motion that seemingly saved lives. I’m so grateful for regulation enforcement, medical personnel, and district personnel in responding rapidly and guaranteeing the protection of our college students.

“I additionally need to acknowledge how forthcoming the college district was with data, protecting the neighborhood updated and giving confidence college students had been being stored secure. Thanks to Superintendent Steve Salerno and all of the district’s educators and leaders.”

The Wisconsin Division of Public Instruction is sharing these publicly out there sources for faculties, educators, and households, to assist course of and navigate this second.

• The Wisconsin Division of Public Instruction has a one-page useful resource meant for households to assist course of grief and traumatic occasions.
• The DPI’s Pupil Providers/Prevention and Wellness crew has a devoted webpage with content material associated to high school security and disaster response.
• The Wisconsin Division of Justice’s Workplace of Faculty Security (OSS) has sources to help restoration after faculties are impacted by or uncovered to a disaster occasion.
  • The OSS supplies free session, greatest follow steerage, an enormous useful resource library of handouts & communication templates, intervention suggestions, and native Important Incident Response crew deployment upon request.
  • Interventions are evidence-based and tailor-made to the wants of the college neighborhood. You possibly can request OSS disaster response and restoration help by contacting OSS at 1-800-MY-SUSO-1 (1-800-697-8761), or by emailing them at schoolsafety@doj.state.wi.us 24 hours a day, 12 months a yr.

NOTE: A headshot for publication of Dr. Underly might be discovered on the Wisconsin Division of Public Instruction’s web site.