New proactive protocol strives to keep students safe
A new partnership between the two Battlefords area school divisions and community organizations aims to offer support for students before harm comes to them or others.
The Living Sky Public and Light of Christ Catholic school divisions, along with the RCMP, Prairie North Health Region mental health services and the Kanaweyimik Child and Family Services created the Violence Threat Risk Assessment (VTRA) protocol.
The overriding goal of the protocol is to reduce risk and prevent violence from happening in the schools and the community.
Light of Christ superintendent of learning Kelvin Colliar said the divisions want to become more proactive instead of waiting for something to happen as they have in the past.