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Safety Task Force

OVERVIEW

This task force is a “focus group” designed to dig deeper into some of the issues plaguing the operation of our schools and engagement in our classrooms.  The two specific focus areas will be cell phone use and our current cell phone policy and vaping/detection.  The state of South Carolina Department of Education has a detailed webpage dedicated to school safety.  Additionally, the following article details Rock Hill’s recent ban on cell phones.  According to the National Center for Education Statistics, cellphone bans were in place in 76% of all US schools in 2020.   

 

 

The goal of the task force is to re-imagine some of our protocols to better ensure we are providing the safest and most distraction-free educational setting possible for the students of Dorchester School District 2. 

TASK FORCE MEMBERS

Name Task Force Title Professional Background
Preston Giet Chair Director of Safety and Security
Jason Forsythe Vice Chair Assistant Director of Safety and Security
Tyronne Drakeford Member District Director of Atheletics
Brooke Matthews Member ARHS Principal
Trip Aldredge Member FDHS Principal
Dr. Michelle Leviner Member SHS Principal
Patrick Pye Member RMSA Principal
Bentli Lewis Member OMS Principal
Priscilla Johnson Member JPES Principal
Dr. Shane Robbins Ex Officio Member Superintendent
- Ex Officio Member Summerville Police Department
- Ex Officio Member Dorchester County Sheriff's Office

 

NOTE: We will meet once a month as part of the monthly administrator meeting schedule 

School Safety Task Force Meeting Agendas