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sure that it’s a safe environment for all students, but we want it to be a welcoming environment as well for families.” Other safety measures include mandatory ID checks for visitors and a unique ASR system linked to the police department for early threat notification. “I believe we were the first in the state to implement the ASR system,” she portrays.“It is tied to our police department and first responders, to be able to get early notification if we were to ever have a threat in the building. It is phenomenal. We’ve tested it and it takes very few moments to notify everyone in the area that we need support here.” In addition, Dr. Greiner highlights the partnership with the local police department, sharing “We have SROs in every building, and if there’s an issue where a message needs to go out, the chief of police and our office works very closely, and often will send out joint messages, too.” In addition, West Lafayette has opened their doors to the local police department for training. “That’s been wonderful for them to be in our schools. We also let them into our building to walk around and just get to know our schools, because the more they know where things are here, the better it is for us,” says Psarros. 5 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 5, ISSUE 03 WEST LAFAYETTE COMMUNI TY SCHOOL CORPORAT ION