Spring ISD has achieved a historic milestone, becoming the first school district in Texas to receive the highest-level Active Shooter Preparedness Certification from Region 4 Education Service Center. The recognition comes after more than a year of intensive planning, training, and collaboration with multiple emergency response agencies, underscoring the district’s commitment to protecting its 33,000 students and 5,000 staff members.
The award is the first of its kind offered by any Education Service Center in the state. Region 4’s program evaluates a district’s readiness across 21 rigorous safety standards, from technology upgrades and detailed campus mapping to conducting full-scale active threat exercises involving law enforcement, fire departments, and EMS.
District leaders say the achievement is rooted in the direction set by the Spring ISD Board of Trustees, whose push for the highest safety standards sparked the year-long certification process. During Tuesday night’s regular board meeting, trustees were recognized for two years of service on the Region 4 Safety and Security Committee. President Justine Durant and trustees Rhonda Newhouse, Kelly P. Hodges and Winford Adams Jr. received gold medals, while the other board members were presented with Region 4 challenge coins in appreciation of their efforts to enhance safety across Spring ISD schools…