Steve, I wanted to express my gratitude for the excellent work you do not
only with your school corporation, but for all of the articles, blogs, white
papers and other resources that you have been working on to help make the world
safer for our students and the educators who have dedicated their lives to
serving them. You are truly a national level expert when it comes to
school tornado preparedness. Your contributions in the field will surely
save lives and prevent much suffering. We have had a great deal of
feedback on your recent article in The Safety Net and people in the field are
deeply impressed to say the least.
Your recent articles and blogs in Campus Safety Magazine and the article
that is about to run in School Planning and Management are without a doubt the
two best pieces I have seen published on the critical topics of tornado
preparedness and recovery strategies for K-12 schools. Your willingness to
help our non – profit school safety center to help others by providing free
information to school and public safety officials is commendable.
I know you have caught a lot of grief and have been harassed by a couple of
people who are not open to the idea that other viewpoints might have
validity. Your patience and maturity in handling these sometimes vicious
personal attacks has been most impressive as has been your continual willingness
to recognize that there are many valid opinions in the field. I wanted to
remind you that while one or two people who have long histories of these
types of ruthless and baseless attacks on many top experts, the majority of the
folks I know in the field are deeply impressed and appreciative of your
efforts. Please hang in there and continue to acquit yourself with professionalism as
you have done to date when others stoop to low tactics.
We at Safe Havens want to let you know that you are one of the most decent
and compassionate advocates for the children we have ever had the privilege to
meet.
Thank you for all that you do to make the world a safer place.
Michael Dorn
Executive Director
Safe Havens International Inc.
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