Jeff Dehler

Jeff Dehler Community Relations Program Director 763-504-8029 jeff dehler@rdale.org

As soon as the incident occured, the security at the Holocaust Museum ushered the students to their tour bus and the student continued on to their next step," said Robbinsdale Public Schools Communications Director Jeff Dehler.

Several of the 30 buses carrying students to the school were diverted to a nearby church, and students and staff already inside the school were told to stay away from windows, said Jeff Dehler, communications director for Robbinsdale Schools.

By 7:30 a.m., the situation "was contained" and buses brought the students to school, Dehler said.

Robbinsdale Public Schools Communications Director Jeff Dehler was live on WCCO Radio News to confirm students were in the museum at time of shooting

School Board Member Tom Walsh of Plymouth donated $110; Assistant Superintendent Gayle Walkowiak contributed $300; and Jeff Dehler, the district's community relations program director, donated $150.

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Jeff Dehler is District 281's communications director.

"It's in our policy to have lock-downs twice a year in the secondary schools," said Jeff Dehler, District 281's community relations program director.

The same day, Dehler said he met with a team that is updating the district's emergency preparedness manual.

"First and foremost, our priority is to make sure the safety of the students and staff is protected," Dehler said."We have plans in place for a huge variety of scenarios."

Tragedies such as the Red Lake incident, Dehler said, make district officials re-examine such policies.

"We want to have everything in place to prevent that kind of thing, but who knows if it could be prevented," Dehler said.

In the event of such a tragic incident, or a fire, gas leak or natural disaster, Dehler said district personnel are instructed to first call 911, then do what they can to keep students safe.The next step is notifying the District 281 administration office as soon as possible.

A mailing detailing the reorganization changes was sent to every resident in the district Dec. 10, according to Jeff Dehler, community relations program director.

The district's boundary planning team consists of Dennis Beekman, executive director of technology; Gary Dechaine, transportation program director; Jeff Dehler, community relations program director; and Ken Kostka, executive director of teaching and learning.

"We have active chess teams at most of our elementary schools and our middle schools," Communications Director Jeff Dehler said.