Montgomery Co. students launch effort to assist disabled classmates in emergencies

...“While evacuating, I noticed that one girl who was in a wheelchair waited in an area of refuge while everyone else evacuated,” he told the school board at a meeting last week.

The students researched the school’s policy on emergencies and discovered the girl was doing exactly what Montgomery County Public Schools policy required.

The policy urges students unable to safely evacuate alone to wait on an upper floor inside the building until a fire department official arrives to facilitate the evacuation because there isn’t equipment in place for school employees to do so.

The students came prepared with a few potential solutions, including an award-winning device they invented...

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2020/02/montgomery-county-middle-school-students-putting-forth-a-team-effort-to-help-their-disabled-classmates-in-emergencies/