09/04/2026
To every educator, school leader, and safety professional working to keep their schools and communities prepared: thank you.
Preparedness asks a lot of schools. It means leading teams, building and practicing plans, coordinating across departments, working alongside first responders and community partners, and making sure students and staff are ready when circumstances change. It is a responsibility taken on alongside everything else schools are already called to do.
And no one does it alone. The strongest preparedness is built when schools, districts, responders, families, and community partners know how to work together — bringing different roles and expertise into one prepared community.
To everyone who leads that work, strengthens those connections, and keeps preparedness moving forward: thank you.
Your commitment helps make schools stronger, communities more connected, and all of us better prepared.