A Cobb schools safety town hall meeting that will include district officials and public safety leadership will take place Thursday at Lassiter High School. 
The town hall is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. at the Lassiter Concert Hall (2601 Shallowford Road).
Here’s what CCSD is saying about the town hall:
Parents will have the opportunity to participate in the conversation about student safety with members of Cobb’s public safety team and CCSD officials.
“We believe the combined efforts of the police department and school administrators with the support of the superintendent’s office and the school board has resulted in our district having safe schools,” said CCSD Captain Wayne Pickett.
It’s been a little more than a year since Cobb schools unveiled the AlertPoint security system at select schools, including Bells Ferry Elementary School in Northeast Cobb.
Earlier this year, after the Parkland, Fla., high school shootings, Cobb school superintendent Chris Ragsdale announced that the district would be stepping up unannouced code red drills to measure the effectiveness of safety preparations.
In March, some school students around the county, including East Cobb, staged a walkout for gun control and student safety that was not endorsed by the district, and that earned them in-school suspensions.
In August, Campbell High School was placed on a lockdown after three students made what were termed non-specific threats of violence over the school’s walkie-talkie system.
The AlertPoint system was triggered and a code red alert was issued during that incident. All students and staff were safe, and those responsible were detained but not formally charged.
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