Valley City  (CSi)  Valley City Public Schools in conjunction with local authorities will be conducting School Safety Exercises on Wednesday, September 19th from 1:00pm-4:00pm at Valley City High School.

The trainings will occur in and around the Valley City High School building.

Assistance provided from the Valley City Police Department, the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office, Barnes County Emergency Management, plus other emergency responders in Valley City.

The primary purpose for the training is practicing the schools options-based response system for Active Shooters.

It will also include training for evacuation and reunification procedures.

All employees at Valley City Public Schools will be participating in the safety exercises for the first professional development early dismissal day for the 2018-2019 school year.

All students in grade K-12 students will be  dismissed at 12:30-p.m., the safety exercises will begin at 1-p.m. and end by 4-p.m.