By Robert Jordan, Founder – Protecting Our Students
Protecting Students: How We’re Standardizing School Safety Nationwide
School safety in America has long suffered from a critical problem: there is no consistent national standard for how schools assess, measure, and improve safety. As a result, protection varies widely from campus to campus — even within the same district. Good intentions exist everywhere, but consistency, accountability, and measurable outcomes often do not.
Protecting Our Students was created to change that.
In the wake of tragedies like Robb Elementary, it became clear that advocacy alone is not enough. Schools do not need more binders, one-time audits, or reactive checklists. They need a living, scalable system that allows safety to be baselined, measured, improved, and sustained over time.
That is why we built a 4-Level Safety Standard℠ — a unified framework designed to standardize school safety across K–12 campuses nationwide.
From Inconsistency to Measurable Protection
Most schools want to do the right thing, but too often they are forced to rely on fragmented approaches, assumptions, and unmeasured risk. Without a standard, safety becomes subjective — and gaps remain hidden until it’s too late.
Our system replaces uncertainty with clarity.
Through our free, proprietary school safety assessments, schools are able to:
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Establish a clear baseline of campus safety
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Identify strengths and vulnerabilities across all areas of the school
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Score safety using objective, expert-designed criteria
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Track improvement continuously — not just once a year
This is not theory. It is actionable, data-driven protection designed by school safety experts and built for real campuses.
Why Standardization Changes Everything
Standardization is what allows safety to scale.
When every school uses the same evidence-based framework:
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Safety becomes consistent across districts and regions
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Improvement becomes measurable and accountable
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Progress becomes sustainable, regardless of leadership changes
Our 4-Level Safety Standard℠ ensures that every participating school works toward the same baseline of protection — whether the campus is large or small, rural or urban.
For donors and supporters, this matters deeply. It means contributions don’t fund isolated efforts or temporary fixes. They support a repeatable national system that delivers measurable, reportable impact for every school served.
A Free Assessment. A Lasting Impact.
Every school that participates gains access to our no-cost safety assessment, giving them immediate insight and a clear path forward. Schools are also better positioned to coordinate with local police, first responders, and community partners, strengthening real-world readiness.
This work is not about compliance.
It is about protecting students — consistently, responsibly, and at scale.
At Protecting Our Students, we are not asking schools to guess.
We are giving them the tools to know, improve, and protect.
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