--- title: A View from the IU Blog | School Safety description: "School Safety | \"A View from the IU\" is a blog for IU 13. The blog is written by Dr. Brian Barnhart and/or selected guest writers, featuring applicable education topics. Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (IU 13) strives to improve student learning by providing both direct educational services and educational support services for Lancaster and Lebanon counties’ 22 school districts, as well as for adult education students, nonpublic schools, and preschoolers and their families." --- [![SafetySolutions4Schools_Vertical_FINAL](https://info.iu13.org/hs-fs/file-2451918238-png/Human_Resources/SafetySolutions/SafetySolutions4Schools_Vertical_FINAL.png?width=300&name=SafetySolutions4Schools_Vertical_FINAL.png "SafetySolutions4Schools_Vertical_FINAL")](http://www.iu13.org/administrators/administrative-and-management-services/hr/safety/) Serving education, businesses, and the community. # A View from the IU ## [Don't Forget the Batteries](https://info.iu13.org/blog/dont-forget-the-batteries) Posted by [John Baker](https://info.iu13.org/blog/author/john-baker) on Jul 22, 2019 12:28:29 PM ![battery](https://info.iu13.org/hs-fs/hubfs/battery.jpg?width=275&name=battery.jpg)Summer time is a great time to check the batteries in your Go Kits or other emergency gear you have stored. While we hope that we never need to use this stored equipment we can't forget that it does require some ongoing care to make sure it's ready when we need it.  Failing to check and change batteries can be very costly and reduce your readiness.  If the batteries rupture I've seen them erode electrical terminals on flashlights and radios and even dissolve holes through the bottom of Go Bags. Don't let something simple like battery maintenance result in the loss of expensive  equipment.   Here's a few things to consider: [Read More](https://info.iu13.org/blog/dont-forget-the-batteries) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.iu13.org/blog/dont-forget-the-batteries#comments-listing) Topics: [School Safety](https://info.iu13.org/blog/topic/school-safety) ## [School Police and Security Guards...clarification from Harrisburg](https://info.iu13.org/blog/school-police-and-security-guards...clarification-from-harrisburg) Posted by [John Baker](https://info.iu13.org/blog/author/john-baker) on Jul 11, 2019 8:21:00 AM ![SRO](https://info.iu13.org/hs-fs/hubfs/SRO.jpg?width=275&name=SRO.jpg)On July 2, 2019 Governor Wolf signed SB-621 into law as Act 67-2019.  In this new Act legislators attempted to clarify several issues related to school resource officers (SRO), school police officers (SPO) and school security guards that previously lacked clarity in either Title 35 or PA School Code [Read More](https://info.iu13.org/blog/school-police-and-security-guards...clarification-from-harrisburg) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.iu13.org/blog/school-police-and-security-guards...clarification-from-harrisburg#comments-listing) Topics: [School Safety](https://info.iu13.org/blog/topic/school-safety) ## [Preventing Student Violence Before it Lands at School...                                                         a call for more social workers](https://info.iu13.org/blog/meeting-students-needs-with-more-social-workers) Posted by [John Baker](https://info.iu13.org/blog/author/john-baker) on Jul 9, 2019 12:35:54 AM    ![angry child](https://info.iu13.org/hs-fs/hubfs/angry%20child.jpg?width=259&name=angry%20child.jpg)The simple fact is that most students who engage in or threaten violence in school have significant social, emotional or mental health issues as a result of the lives they live at home and in their community during non-school hours.  It is in these often harmful settings that a student's mental health and overall well being are determined.  Their concerning school behaviors are simply a bi-product of an otherwise unhealthy and broken home life.  By the time they get off the bus much of the damage to that student is already done. [Read More](https://info.iu13.org/blog/meeting-students-needs-with-more-social-workers) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.iu13.org/blog/meeting-students-needs-with-more-social-workers#comments-listing) Topics: [School Safety](https://info.iu13.org/blog/topic/school-safety) ## [Two Simple Solutions to Increase Locked Interior Door Compliance](https://info.iu13.org/blog/two-simple-solutions-to-increase-locked-interior-door-compliance) Posted by [John Baker](https://info.iu13.org/blog/author/john-baker) on May 27, 2019 12:27:00 PM   [Read More](https://info.iu13.org/blog/two-simple-solutions-to-increase-locked-interior-door-compliance) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.iu13.org/blog/two-simple-solutions-to-increase-locked-interior-door-compliance#comments-listing) Topics: [School Safety](https://info.iu13.org/blog/topic/school-safety) [All posts](https://info.iu13.org/blog/all) ## Effective Safety Solutions The IU13 Safety and Security team offers resources for affordable and practical solutions which have been created "by educators, for educators." 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