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The City School District of 91¸£Àûµ¼º½ Board of Education has promoted Assistant Director of Safe Schools and Violence Prevention Jason Davis to the director’s role in leading district-wide safety and security procedures.
A member of the district’s security leadership team since 2023, Davis has worked in school safety for nearly a dozen years, serving as a security monitor and chief emergency officer in the Waterford-Halfmoon school district from 2013-23.
Prior to that, he served with the 91¸£Àûµ¼º½ Police Department for 20 years, including assignments as a sergeant in the Traffic Safety Division from 2008-10 and in the Neighborhood Engagement Unit from 2010-13.
A trained instructor in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools, Davis has trained and has experience in a number of other relevant areas, including Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines, School and Police Partnerships, Active Shooter Response and the 91¸£Àûµ¼º½ County Threat Assessment Coordination Team.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University at 91¸£Àûµ¼º½.
He replaces Vince Thompson as the district’s director of safe schools and violence prevention and will begin in the new role Friday. The district will begin a search for a new assistant director immediately to join Davis and Assistant Director Joe McDade in leading the district’s safety and security team.
