Northwest ESD 189

September 2025

Hello School Safety Leaders. 

I hope you're having a wonderful and productive start to the school year. Thank you for updating the School Safety Contact List and for sharing the names and email addresses of new SROs/SSOs in your district. 

At this point, all counties in our region have begun their 2025–2026 Monthly County School Safety Meetings. These meetings are designed to:

If you’d like to attend, please contact me and I’ll be happy to add you to the Evite.

I'm also pleased to announce the launch of monthly SRO/SSO meetings designed to foster regional connection, share trends and information, discuss training and professional development opportunities, and build relationships that support resource sharing for student well-being.

If your SRO or SSO has not received an invitation to these meetings, please let me know and I’ll make sure they’re added.

We also have a few seminars and webinars that may be of interest to you. Please take a moment to review the newsletter and attend any sessions that align with your school’s needs.

If your team is interested in Behavioral Health Trainings, be sure to check out the 2025–2026 School Year Guide, which outlines a variety of sessions, including Suicide Prevention, Policy & Procedures, Suicide Prevention Curriculum for Schools, Suicide, Autism & ADHD, and ADHD Uncovered: Recognizing the Signs at School, among others. You can use the following link to explore training options, descriptions, dates, and times:
👉 Behavioral Health Trainings

Your continued support in keeping the contact list current is greatly appreciated. You can update your information by clicking the following link:
👉2025–2026 School Safety Contact List

Thank you again for your time and commitment to school safety!

Warm regards,
Erum Mohiuddin

Upcoming Seminars (In-person and Online): 

While earthquakes and tsunamis may seem overwhelming to plan for, there are practical steps schools can take right now to improve safety. Many of these actions also strengthen your preparedness for other emergencies—like severe weather, power outages, or shelter-in-place events.

To help school leaders, safety teams, and educators prepare, in partnership with the Washington State Emergency Management Division, OSPI, and ESDs, are offering an engaging training designed specifically for schools.

The Great ShakeOut will take place on October 16 at 10:16 am | Register your School! 

This training will address the growing risks youth face from NVE (Non-Violent Extremism), gore groups, sextortion, human trafficking, and grooming/child exploitation in online and gaming spaces. Participants will gain an understanding of what these groups are, how they operate, and the tactics they use to recruit and exploit young people.

This training will feature special agents/analysts from the FBI and Homeland Security working in the field, who will share real-world insights and experiences from their work combating these crimes. By the end of the training, participants will be better equipped to recognize risks, identify warning signs, connect with resources, and implement protective measures to keep young people and communities safe

Who should attend? Administrators, School Safety Leads, SRO/SSOs, Paras, Counselors, and Teachers,

All school districts are required to report emergency response system information through the Information and Condition of Schools (ICOS) system. ICOS is accessible via OSPI's Education Data System (EDS) portal. 

To assist school districts in meeting the requirements of ESHB 5004, OSPI is offering a grant opportunity to support the installation and enhancement of emergency response systems. Look up FP 507 - School Security and Preparedness Infrastructure which is live in Education Grants Management System contact info scott.black@k12.wa.us . It will close November 12th 

These grants are intended to ensure that all districts have the necessary resources to implement effective emergency response infrastructure and comply with the provisions of ESHB 5004.

OSPI is now offering an asynchronous Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying (HIB) Canvas course that meets the statutory requirement for HIB Compliance Officers and Gender Inclusive Schools Coordinators training. 

This course will cover the following objectives:

To ensure that your LEA is prepared to respond promptly and thoroughly to incidents of possible discrimination and discriminatory harassment, remember to assess all Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying (HIB) complaints for possible discrimination.

Refresher on Responding to Discriminatory Harassment & Bias (Webinar) & (Handout) 

In May 2025, the Legislature passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill (ESHB) 1296 regarding rights in the public education system. Among other new and amended rights and requirements, ESHB 1296 revised Washington's Equal Education Opportunities Law (Chapter 28A.642 RCW) to include four new protected classes (and their definitions):

As a result, all LEAs will need to update certain nondiscrimination policies, procedures, and notification materials to ensure that they align with the new requirements. At a minimum, LEAs should update their

OSPI’s sample nondiscrimination statement (translated into 14 languages), model student handbook language (translated into 10 languages), and sample staff training slide deck have been updated accordingly. These resources are available on OSPI’s Notification Requirements, Staff Training, and Outreach Materials webpage.

For more information, please review OSPI's Bulletin No. 041-25: Expanded Nondiscrimination Protections in State Law (8/21/25).

Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans 

The Role of Districts in Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans 

REMS Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center

ED's official REMS TA center X page provides news & updates, calendar of free training, and resources for IHE + school #emergencymanagement & safety #schoolsafety

@remstacenter

@SchoolSafetyGov is the official account of School Safety.gov. Likes, links, reposts, followers & endorsements. 

Interpreting And Translating Emojis | Safer Schools Together SST 

Update School Contacts for the 25/26 School Year

As we continue into the 25/26 school year, please update your school's safety personnel information. 

Erum Mohiuddin she/her

emohiuddin@nwesd.org

Comprehensive School Safety Coordinator

Northwest Educational Service District 189

360-299-4006