Safety & Communications

The Conewago Valley School District has very solid partnerships with our local police, fire and EMS services. 

CVSD has memos of understanding with all local agencies as well as the Pennsylvania State Police.

Additionally, CVSD hired an armed security officer in October. Officer Smith has 30 years in law enforcement, retiring as Chief of Police in Hanover Borough in 2016.  He has also served an officer at H.A.C.C. and Penn State University. He is NASRO (National Association of School Resource Officers) certified and is a great resource for our district.

Visitor Management

• All visitors entering the buildings must display their driver's license. The license will be kept in the office until they return to sign out of the building. Visitors will be issued a visitor's badge after the license is screened.
• Our visitor management system is school gate guardian and we are piloting Navigate 360 in the middle school.

Alarms

• Every building has door alarms on most doors, particularly those that are high traffic areas. Alarms sound if the door in not latched, propped open, etc. We are working to add additional alarms in every building.

Safety Walks

• The Director of Safety and/or our School Security Officer conduct building safety patrols of each building weekly. Additional patrols are done by specific building safety teams.

Cameras

• Fully functional high definition cameras are found internally and externally in most buildings.
• We are actively working to update and increase cameras at all buildings.

 

Safe To Say Information

• As part of PA Act 44, CVSD adopted the Safe 2 Say Program in 2019 upon its launch.  The PA Attorney General's Office was onsite in September and trained our students and staff.

Safe2Say Something Website

Safe2Say Something Brochure - English version

Safe2Say Something Brochure - Spanish version

Safe2Say Something - Submit an Anonymous Tip

Local Police Network

• CVSD has a very strong network and relationship with Eastern Adams Regional Police, Conewago Township Police, McSherrystown Borough Police, Pennsylvania State Police, and the Adams County Sheriff's Office.

Fire Services-

• An equal positive relationship has been forged with the primary fire departments that serve CVSD, United 33 and S.A.V.E.S.  Additionally, a strong bond has been formed with  Adams Regional EMS.

• CVSD goes above and beyond Pennsylvania requirements with regard to emergency drills. These include fire, intruder, severe weather, bus evacuations, etc.
• All CVSD staff has been trained in Emergency Preparedness, and Threat Assessment.
• A significant amount of training has been done as well in the areas of Situational Awareness and Substance Use Awareness.
• In March, our staff will have the opportunity to engage in CPR, First Aid, AED Training and the proper use of Fire Extinguishers.
• CVSD is working toward full compliance with safety related items detailed in PA Act 44 of 2019 and PA Act 55 of 2022.

 

CVSD is very proud of the efforts made with regard to safety and security assessments and the ongoing evaluation of our practices.

In May of 2023, the Pennsylvania State Police were onsite and conducted a thorough Risk And Vulnerability Assessment of all campuses. As a result, the district is addressing areas of need and bolstering our strengths.

In April of 2023 The Center For Safe Schools was onsite to conduct a behavioral health and building climate study. Many positives came out of this and the identification of some areas in which we'll need to grow.

We are very proud of the CVSD Safety Task Force. This is a 30 person body that meets monthly, This includes administrators, teachers, support staff and local police, fire and EMS services. This group engages in safety table top activities. Additionally, it addresses safety issues and helps craft the goals and mission of safety at CVSD. 

Each building also has a building level safety team that also meets monthly and serves as an arm of the CVSD Safety Task Force and includes additional building level members.

 

AUGUST NEWSLETTER

The Communications Department manages: 

• Marketing Campaigns and Activities
• Media Inquiries
• Crisis Communications
• Communication Planning
• Public Websites and Social Media
     
• Digital Media Branding & Identity Management
• Multimedia Production
• Publications and Promotional Materials