Ensuring School Safety

Since 2017, with the help of a grant from the King County Academy of Family Physicians, they have reached nearly 10,000 students in grades 9-12...

The goal for safe communities, and protecting our loved ones, is common ground, a goal around which all of us can rally. It is a...

The Attorney General’s Office is recruiting youth to serve on a statewide Youth Advisory Group for the HearMeWA Program. HearMeWA is a free statewide program...

The holidays are upon us! Many of us are gathering with loved ones, and the children have time off from school for holiday breaks. Let’s...

School leaders are uniquely positioned to help educate parents about firearms, particularly safe storage. Securing firearms is a sensible way to prevent curious kids from...

This will be my last AWSP School Safety Blog. I am retiring as of December 31, 2022. I have been involved in K-12 education since…....

It’s November. It’s dark and rainy. Elections are coming up. Daylight Savings Time is ending. Veterans’ Day is approaching. Thanksgiving is right around the corner....

A topic that has permeated many discussions with school leaders, students, and community members over the past several years has been vaping. With a rise...

October is National Bullying Prevention Month.  Not all behaviors we don’t like are bullying. Bullying is done on purpose, involves some kind of power imbalance,...