Larry Payne

Chief: Larry Payne

300 S. Klein Ave., Dumas, TX 79029

Ph. 806-935-6889/Fax. 806-934-1433

"This survey was well put together compared to other surveys given to the students in the past couple of years," Larry Payne, DISD police chief, said.

Larry Payne, DISD police chief, said the district's crisis management plan educates students and teachers about what to do in the case of a bomb threat, tornado, explosion, flash flood, bus accident, natural gas or hazardous material spill or fire."We tried to cover all our bases regarding the plan.Whatever the crisis, we want to have things in place," Payne said.Last year, Payne said the school district had to deal with about seven bomb threats.Even though the state of Texas doesn't require schools to conduct tornado drills, Payne said the district conducts random tornado drills in September, October, March, April and May."We survey the school and determine what areas would offer the most protection," Payne said.He said sometimes its best for students and staff just to remain in the classroom during a disaster.Payne said at Dumas High, it's best for students attending class on the second floor to move down to the first floor during a disaster situation.Payne said the little things like numbering classroom doors to identify areas and having police officers at the schools as deterrents helps in the case of a disaster.Payne said the DISD police department has worked with the Dumas Police Department to help educate schools about what to do in case of a disaster. DISD also works with its staff during inservice days to educate them about these procedures.
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However, Payne said the district doesn't reveal the evacuation sites to the public because it wants to "protect the safety and welfare of the students and staff.""We want to be able to keep a few things undercover," Payne said.In August 1998, the DISD created the school's police department.Payne said DISD was the first school district to create an on-campus police department in the Texas Panhandle.The DISD police department helped Highland Park Independent School District create their on-campus police department in 1998.The Highland Park schools are in close vicinity to Pantex."Each year, we like to add new chapters to the crisis management plan.We try to be more proactive than reactive," Payne said.The school also reports to the state at the end of every year to see if any changes need to made to the plan."We're trying to make schools as safe as possible," Payne said.

Chief: Larry Payne 300 S. Klein Ave., Dumas, TX 79029 Ph. 806-935-66889/Fax 806-934-1433

If you have substituted with DISD and have not attended the required emergency training you may call or email Chief Larry Payne at the high school to set up an individual emergency training. His number is 922-4432, or larry.payne@dumas-k12.net.

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