VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Valley City Public Schools will be conducting School Safety Exercises on Wednesday, September 19th from 1:00pm-4:00pm at Valley City High School.

These exercises will be conducted with the assistance from the Valley City Police Department, Barnes County Sheriff’s Office, Barnes County Emergency Management, and other emergency responders in Valley City. The primary purpose for this training will be practicing the schools options-based response system for Active Shooters and also will include training for evacuation and reunification procedures. These trainings will occur both in and around the Valley City High School building.

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 k-12 students are dismissed at 12:30pm and the safety exercises will begin at 1:00pm and end by 4:00pm.