School Safety and Security
Ozark School District recognizes school safety and security as job #1. Public Education exists for one main purpose and that is to provide an education to ALL school age students. At Ozark School District, we strive for that educational experience to be second to none. We realize that meaningful learning takes place when students are safe and their basic needs are being met.
We plan very well as a team and our focus is on prevention. OSD has a comprehensive crisis management plan and we conduct drills regularly to test our plan. Our daily goal is to always be more prepared and better at keeping our students safe.
Other than great planning and prevention measures, our very best prevention tools are our staff, students, parents and community members. Open lines of communication and a safe place to share information are vital to tight school security. Partnerships between the School District and Federal, State, City and County entities are important so resources can be shared and the benefit passed to our students. Ozark School District enjoys great leadership from our School Resource Officer and support from our local law enforcement.
We strive to have a balance between staff/student awareness and letting our kids be kids. This isn’t something that I want to be in our students’ daily lives, sadly it is at times. I want them to be able to focus on the business at hand for each of them. I assure you that is a full plate for our students. I don’t like the fact that we have to conduct such drills and preparations at school. I do believe preparation and prevention is very important and needed in today’s world. I am very proud of the effort that Ozark School District pours into this initiative.
There is a line here between student innocence, education and preparedness. If we could hit it perfectly; OSD students would be fully prepared, but not worried and distracted. As mentioned earlier, students have a great deal of curriculum and accountability in their daily lives. We strive to push their academic limits daily.
Ozark School District is a happy place; a place where children smile, grow and become. Our school is a place where we celebrate freedom and opportunity. Ozark Public School District is a place where ALL school age children are accepted, assessed, led, cared for, fed, challenged and presented with opportunities. We feel each student deserves to be Healthy, Safe, Engaged, Supported and Challenged. OSD is full of highly talented and caring staff. They carry out this mission daily. I can assure you that we take the business of taking care of our kids very seriously. OSD students are and will continue to be fiercely protected.
I know our school isn’t perfect. I know we have a lot of work ahead of us in order to continue to carry out our mission of educating all students that come through the door with a world class education. It is however, a bright and shining star. Thank you students, staff, parents, board of ed, community and alumni for helping make it that way---Together We Are Strong! Go Hillbillies!
