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Deputy Brad Riddiough Selected as District Resource Officer

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My blog post last week announced the reestablishment of our Community Resource Officer (CRO) position in combination with the Village of Oostburg and the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department. This week I am pleased to announce that Oostburg resident, Brad Riddiough, has accepted our CRO position. Mr. Riddiough brings a unique skill set beginning with his early career focus as a 5th grade teacher in Wisconsin Rapids and Verona. Mr. Riddiough then transitioned into law enforcement, serving as a Deputy in Dane County. More recently, Mr. Riddiough worked for the City of Sheboygan Police Department serving as Sergeant as well as Lieutenant of Police in the Patrol, Administration and Criminal Investigation Divisions during his career.  After his retirement from the City of Sheboygan Police Department, Mr. Riddiough worked as a full-time extradition agent transporting prisoners throughout the United States.

Mr. Riddiough was recently deputized by the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department and brings a wealth of experience in law enforcement combined with a love for education. He will officially begin his role on February 4th serving our school district and the Village of Oostburg. Please join me in welcoming Deputy Brad Riddiough to this new role!

Community Resource Officer Position Returns to OSD

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Image result for village of oostburgWe are pleased to announce that OSD will be reestablishing the position of community resource officer serving our school and community. OSD has facilitated a unique partnership between the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department, the Village of Oostburg, and Oostburg Schools to share an officer who will serve our community.

Our community resource officer will have a primary presence in the Oostburg School District while also serving our village community as a whole. The resource officer will enhance student, parent, and community partnerships with law enforcement. The officer will be available to school staff for classroom presentations in regard to law enforcement and legal issues. Where appropriate, the community resource officer will attend staff meetings, work with classroom teachers, be involved in student, teacher, parent conferences and meet with students in both formal and informal situations. Our resource officer will serve in a shared agreement with the Village of Oostburg and, as such, serve in partnership outside of school grounds.

Our community resource officer’s primary duties will be as a resource provider and liaison for communication, assistance, counseling and referral. The main focus of our community resource officer is prevention as compared to law enforcement. Oostburg Schools will continue to utilize the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department and their full time deputies for those rare times when concerns or violations require specific legal intervention and consequences.

Our community resource officer will have hours that encompass both day and evening events in our school and community. A visible presence and focus on communication and relationship building will occur during the school day, at extracurricular programming, within the village, and throughout the school year and summer.

Position Purpose:

  • Provide additional assistance to students, parents, and community members within the Village of Oostburg.
  • Provide and support the opportunity for young people in our district to experience law enforcement personnel in the school and village setting as an entity which is supportive, helpful, and educational.
  • Provide a direct connection with law enforcement as a community resource within the school and village.
  • Provide school and community with assistance and help dealing with the needs and concerns of school-age youth.
  • Provide a liaison between school, community and law enforcement agencies – local, county, state.

Program Goals:

  • Increase awareness in our school and community of the role law enforcement has in a democracy.
  • Provide school staff and youth with additional opportunities to learn about law and law enforcement.
  • Allow law enforcement to function more effectively as a local resource for classroom or large group presentations concerning issues of mutual concern within the district and community.
  • Provide proactive assistance to students who display behaviors that may indicate potential trouble which could require law enforcement involvement.

Armed Intruder Drill

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Good Afternoon Parents/Guardians,

As we continue to learn about school safety and provide our students and staff with the latest information in best practices related to this topic, I wanted to let you know in advance that next week we will be having our first Armed Intruder Drill at the middle school. During our in-service time prior to the school year, we were trained as a staff by the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department on multiple crisis response scenarios. Our next step in preparing for these sorts of situations will be to first teach students about some response options, and then run a basic lock down drill. In future drills, we will very likely practice other response options, such as rapid evacuation and barricading, that will depend on the threat, location, and other varying circumstances. 

Along with our belief that involving students in drills that prepare for these sorts of situations is critical so that our response can be as efficient and effective as possible, these drills are also specifically required by Act 143. In every case where we run a drill in response to an Armed Intruder or Active Shooter, we will make it perfectly clear that it is a drill situation and not a real threat. At this particular point in the process, we will first carefully plan each of our responses in a meeting with our staff, and then we will teach the responses in detail to our students in the classroom before actively practicing the drill itself. 

Although the likelihood of something happening at OMS is small, we do need to be prepared and learn from the drills so our children are as safe as possible. If you have any questions or concerns about these sorts of crisis response drills, please feel free to call me at (920) 564-2383 x4218 to discuss the matter.

Thank you and have a great weekend,
Sherri Stengel

Empty Bowls

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Relax with a bowl of soup before the OHS Christmas Concert on Monday, December 17. The Nutrition class has prepared several homemade seasonal favorites. Art students have created ceramic bowls to be auctioned during this annual event as well. All proceeds will benefit the United Way of Sheboygan County.

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