School Safety & Security
YOU COULD SAVE A LIFE. The Safe Schools Maryland Tip Line is an anonymous reporting system used to report threats to the safety and/or well-being of students.Students, parents, faculty, staff, and members of communities throughout Maryland may use this anonymous, app- and web-based reporting system to share their concerns, such as:
The Safe Schools Maryland Tip Line is a tool for proactively addressing harmful situations and helping students who need it. By using a variety of communication modes to support the reporting and routing of tips, The Safe Schools Maryland Tip Line empowers the citizens of Maryland to create a culture of preparedness, prevention, and school safety for our students.
The Light for Life Foundation Int’l/Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program® is dedicated to preventing suicide and attempts by Making Suicide Prevention Accessible to Everyone and Removing Barriers to Help. To learn more visit: https://yellowribbon.org/
Yellow Ribbon Program Coordinator: Rob Schmidt, Ph.D.
School Resource Officers (SROs) are law enforcement officers who are employed by the Talbot County Sheriff’s Office. SRO’s are assigned to a school in accordance with a memorandum of understanding between the Sheriff’s Office and Talbot County Public Schools and have the authority to make arrests.
School Security Officers (SSOs) are employed by Talbot County Public Schools to provide safety and security-related services at the school(s) to which they are assigned.
The Talbot County Board of Education is committed to promoting the worth and dignity of all individuals. The Board will not tolerate or condone any act of bias, discrimination, insensitivity, or disrespect toward any person on the basis of race, color, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, religion, socio-economic status or disabling condition.
Employees, students, parents, and community members may report allegations of sexual harassment to the Title IX Coordinator for Talbot County Public Schools:
Director of Student Services
Darlene A. Spurrier
Talbot County Public Schools
12 Magnolia Street
Easton, Maryland 21601
410-822-0330
Title9Coordinator@talbotschools.org
Report suspected child abuse and neglect to the Talbot County Department of Social Services (410) 770-4848
National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1-888-373-7888
The BeFree Textline Number: Text HELP or INFO to 233733 (BEFREE)