Providing a safe and secure learning environment for students is of paramount importance in the Olathe Public Schools. The district has numerous practices, procedures and protocols in place each day to ensure a safe learning environment. The district has adopted a new safety protocol program called ALICE. ALICE is a protocol that enhances previous lockdown procedures. The U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other educational leadership and governmental agencies have recommended that school districts develop a protocol that provides options to students and staff when facing threat or harm from an aggressive intruder.

ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate. ALICE empowers staff to exercise options in the event of such a critical incident, based on real-time information gathered during the incident. This enhanced protocol does not dictate to staff or students how they should react, but merely provides options for actions in addition to traditional lockdown.

On this page you will find training videos provided for staff in both English and Spanish. Additionally, the power point presentations used at district staff trainings and parent trainings are provided.

• Parent training presentation (English PDF)
• ALICE presentacion de entrenamiento para padres sobre ALICE (Spanish PDF)
• Middle school teacher discussion (PDF)
• Frequently asked questions from middle school students (PDF)
• High school teacher discussion (PDF)
• ALICE national training website