Crisis Communications

The following plans have been completed and will be updated as needed:

• Emergency Operations Plans
• Traumatic Event Crisis Intervention Plan
• Crisis Communication Plan

Yellow Springs Schools has a Crisis Communications Plan that provides guidelines and action steps used to prepare for an emergency or unexpected event. The comprehensive plan is for internal district use.

The crisis communications process and message depends largely on what the crisis involves and how all parties are affected by it. The plan helps guarantee a quick release of information, as well as a consistent message on all company platforms during a time of crisis.

Overall, the plan focuses on the school district’s response and how it will communicate a crisis to its stakeholders. These steps outlined in the district plan ensure information reaches students, families, staff, community members, and other valuable stakeholders.

In the event of an emergency or crisis, the district's objective is to send timely notifications of an emergency situation by utilizing the following communication platforms:

MASS COMMUNICATION:
The district uses ParentSquare emergency notification system to notify families and school members via phone, text, and email. 

Please do not call the school or expect your child to call you; the use of cell phones will tie up emergency lines that must remain open.

EMERGENCY STATUS:
In the event of an emergency, the Website Crisis Mode will be enabled on the Yellow Springs Schools website (ysschools.org). 

This tool allows the district to create a single page to communicate important updates by blocking access to the rest of the front-end site. This mode also helps prevent massive traffic on the website from causing a server crash. 

District personnel will post updates as information becomes available at ysschools.org.

Our goal is to be transparent, reliable, and reachable to all audiences, while also being cognizant of legal and privacy matters.