by WFIS | May 26, 2026 | Education News, Educator Training, OSPI, Student Safety, WFIS News
Building Safer Schools Together webinar series WFIS joined the first session in OSPI’s Building Safer Schools Together webinar series, focused on School-Based Crisis Prevention and Intervention. The presentation offered practical, trauma-informed guidance for school...
by WFIS | May 18, 2026 | DOH, Education News, Student Safety, WFIS News
School leaders should feel prepared in case a measles exposure occurs within a school community. Those without proof of immunity will need to quarantine during an exposure, leaving schools without staff. An option for adults who believe they received the measles...
by WFIS | May 4, 2026 | Agencies and Committees, Education News, Student Safety, WFIS News
The WA Poison Center is warning that students are using Benadryl as a sleep aid or form of self-harm. The center wants to remind parents and those who work with teens that spring can be a turbulent time as the school year nears its end and academic pressure and social...
by WFIS | Apr 20, 2026 | Education News, Educator Training, Legislation and Policy, Student Safety, WFIS News
REMINDER: Take the Joffe 2026 School Safety Survey: Take the survey before April 24. Results sent to everyone who completes it. Monday’s free Joffe webinar highlighted the rapidly evolving landscape of student cell phone use in schools. While schools implementing...
by WFIS | Apr 13, 2026 | Education News, Educator Training, Legislation and Policy, Student Safety, WFIS News
On Monday 4/6/26, Chris Joffe, Founder and CEO of Joffe Emergency Services, presented an overview of how schools are investing in safety and where critical gaps remain. School safety spending has grown to $3.5B nationally, up from $1B in 2013, largely following...
by WFIS | Mar 23, 2026 | Agencies and Committees, Education News, Educator Training, Student Safety, WFIS News
ESD 189 hosted a webinar on the growing influence of the “manosphere,” an online network of content around masculinity, relationships, and self-improvement. Students often encounter it through common interests like fitness or gaming, with algorithms reinforcing and...
