Sunnyside School District – Sunnyside, WA

New safety plans are being implemented at the Sunnyside School District. “You can barricade,” said Salliejo Evers. “You can pile, pile, pile. You can even take a belt or a phone cord and tie the handle of the door to the furniture.” That’s only part of the new safety plan for the Sunnyside School District. Salliejo Evers is the district’s new safety and security specialist. It’s her job to implement the “ALICE” concept to protect students on campus. That stands for “alert, lockdown, inform, counter, evacuate. My goal is to bring the school district to a level that they’re prepared for an active killer,” said Evers. Read more