District Safety
District Safety Plan Information
Emergencies in schools are paramount issues that must be addressed in an expeditious and effective manner. Districts are required to develop a district wide school safety plan designed to prevent and minimize the effects of serious incidents and emergencies and facilitate the coordination of the district with local and county resources in the event of such incidents and emergencies. The district wide plan is responsive to the needs of all schools within the district and is consistent with the more detailed emergency school plans required at the building level. Districts stand the risk from a wide variety of acts of violence, natural and man made disasters. To address these threats, the State of New York has enacted the Safe Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE) law. Project SAVE is a comprehensive planning effort that addresses prevention, response and recovery with respect to a variety of emergencies in schools. Dutchess County BOCES in coordination with the Pine Plains Central School District, supports the SAVE legislation, and intends to facilitate the planning process. The Superintendent of Schools encourages and advocates on-going district wide cooperation and support of project SAVE.
2026-27 District Safety Plan
District Safety Team
Brian Timm:
District Chief School Safety Officer
Greta Anderson, RN
Patricia Audenino
Janine Babcock
Heather Berardo
Chris Boyd
Kristen Fischetti
Jennifer Funk, RN
James Griffin
Richard Harlin
Jennifer Heath, RN
Michael McCarthy
Jennifer McCord
Rich McKibben
Elizabeth Murray
Laura Rafferty
Julie Roberts
Gian Starr
Julia Tomaine
Sara Von Burg
Brian Walsh
Christopher Wyant
Juliana Zengen, RN
Daniel Ramsey, SRO
Public Notice 07/08/26
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN :
In accordance with the Commissioner's Regulations 155.17 (c) (3) and New York State Education Law 2801-a, the Pine Plains Central School District will hold two (2) Public Hearings, as follows:
· one on the District Wide Safety Plan for the 2026-2027 school year, and
· one on the District Code of Conduct for the 2026-2027 school year,
at the Regular Board Meeting to be held on July 8, 2026 at 6:30 pm (District Wide Safety Plan) and 6:45 pm (Code of Conduct) in the Middle/High School Library. Drafts of the District Wide Safety Plan & Code of Conduct are posted on our website, www.ppcsd.org. The public is invited to communicate comments via email to j.tomaine@ppcsd.org.