Security addendum

Even before the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, other schools have taken steps to ensure the safety of their students.

Both Rambam Mesivta and their sister school Midreshet Shalhevet have been using Global Operations, a security company whose president and members are former Israeli secret service agents from the “Shin Bet” and specialize in facility security operations. In an email issued to the students and parents, president Shay Amir noted that their method “is to be proactive…90% of security is prevention….For the past two years we have been significantly and noticeably improving our security and plan to continue to do so. We are doing all we can in order to make sure that our school is secure by investing in technology, physical security equipment, continuous training, and testing our security protocols and reaction to assure the preparedness of our school. As active shooters become more frequent, we have also focused on setting up best practices for responding to this type of scenario as well as others, and have already practiced Emergency Response Exercises with our students, faculty and staff.”

Mrs. Esther Eisenman, Menahelet, and Mrs. Shaindy Lisker, Assistant Principal, added that they will continue security drills, and stress that when students and staff enter the building they make sure that only they, students and faculty they recognize be allowed to enter with them. They added that staff and students should report anything suspicious and only enter and exit through the front door. They stressed that other exits are only for fire or emergency evacuation.