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Note: The following text is a quote: https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=99000 OU ARE HERE: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report Warden Message: Bangladesh School Security CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS South / Central Asia - Bangladesh 19 Mar 2009 Printer Friendly Email Article RELATED REPORTS 2 Mar 2009 TRAVEL ALERT: BANGLADESH 2 Mar 2009 WARDEN MESSAGE: BANGLADESH ANTI-MUTINY OPERATIONS CONTINUE 26 Feb 2009 WARDEN MESSAGE: BANGLADESH BORDER GUARD REVOLT UPDATE 25 Feb 2009 WARDEN MESSAGE: BANGLADESH GUNFIRE INCIDENT 29 Jan 2009 WARDEN MESSAGE: BANGLADESH BISHWA IJTEMA EVENT; POTENTIAL DISRUPTIONS U.S. Embassy Dhaka released the following Warden Message on March 19: The Dhaka...

The watchdogs who patrol Charlotte Ann Cox Elementary School in Cedar Park and Annie Purl Elementary in Georgetown are a special breed. They're friendly and huggable and have names like Fred, Wes and Bill. "One of the great things about being a watchdog is that every kid knows I'm there to help them," said Wes Watkins, father of a Purl kindergartner. "The students smile when they see me, and my son is proud to have me on campus." Watkins is among approximately 90 fathers in the Georgetown school district and about the same number in the Leander district who serve...

NEW YORK — Although three years have passed since the Sept. 11 terror attacks (search), children are returning to schools this fall that still are not adequately prepared for terrorist incidents or other types of emergencies, according to security and educational experts. "Unfortunately, really, across the board, we are complacent," said Juval Aviv, president and CEO of Interfor Inc., an international corporate intelligence and investigations firm. "Not enough has been done in education to educate those who are responsible for the safety of kids going back to school.

March 7, 2003 $60 Million Package Aims to Improve School SecurityBy PHILIP SHENON ASHINGTON, March 6 — The Bush administration is stepping up federal efforts to prepare the nation's schools for possible terrorist strikes and is about to announce a $60 million program to help school districts design response and evacuation plans for emergencies including chemical or biological attacks, administration officials said today. The officials said the program, which is expected to be made public on Friday by the Departments of Homeland Security and Education, was not meant to suggest that the government believed that schools faced a special threat...