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Crisis Response Plan Encourages Students To Run, Hide, Fight
Remembering a Community Leader By Donna Lane “If there was one word to describe Jeanne Babel, it is Joyful. She loved life and celebrated every chance she got,” her sister Kathy Kelliher said. Those sentiments were echoed by many people in one way or another as they remembered Jeanne and all of her interactions with family, friends and the Norwood business community. Vic Babel, Jeanne’s devoted husband of 40 years and her business partner, said “The three things that were most important to Jeanne were family, that was always number one, work, and a sense of community. I’m not sure how she did it, but she always managed to balance the three.” In her early career, Jeanne was the international controller for Prime Computer and a world traveler. After her first child was born, she decided to work with her husband in the family business, Babel’s Paint & Decorating Store, and helped to expand it from a single store in Norwood that sold paint and wallpaper supplies, to a full-service decorating center with additional stores in Needham, Foxboro, Canton and Brockton. Concerned about the vitality of downtown Norwood, Jeanne became the first president of the Friends of Norwood Center, seeding the organization with $10,000. She also played a key role in the Norwood Economic Development Committee.
By Renee Plant
Jeanne in her 2012 Dancing with the Stars win!
In 2004, Norwood Public Access Television (NPA-TV) invited Jeanne to host a program called “Let’s Talk Business.” The idea was to interview local businesses, learn how they came to be in Norwood, and explain their trade, service or inventory.
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Educational centers, from public schools to colleges, unfortunately find themselves in need of expanding their procedures from the conventional fire drill. Norwood Public Schools has partnered with the Norwood Police Department and state and local agencies, to implement a program to protect the welfare of students and faculty during an emergency event. The Norwood Public School Crisis Response Plan involves a series of options designed to protect middle and high school students, as well as staff, in the event of an emergency in a school building. “The thinking behind past pro-
cedures has changed,” Norwood Police Chief William G. Brooks III, said. “This program trains faculty to think beyond just a standard lockdown. There should be more decision-making based on the type of emergency situation.” The outline of the plan is based around the phrase “run, hide, fight,” according to the safety video on the Norwood Public School’s website. “It’s not always going to go in that sequence,” Norwood Schools Superintendent Jim Hayden said. “The idea is to assess the situation and decide on the best op-
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