Makes form available: The East Baton Rouge Parish School System is revising its strategic plan and looking for community input. The system has held meetings with a number of different groups, including business leaders, parents and students. A form is now up on the school system’s website here. All comments will be forwarded to the American Productivity and Quality Center to use in developing the plan, which is set for release in June.
Color-coded system on the way out: The U.S. government’s new system of terror alerts, to replace the five-color coded system, will have two levels of warnings—elevated and imminent—that will be relayed to the public only under certain circumstances for limited periods of time, sometimes using Facebook and Twitter, according to a draft Homeland Security Department plan obtained by The Associated Press. Some terror warnings could be withheld from the public entirely if announcing a threat would risk exposing an intelligence operation or an ongoing investigation, according to the government’s confidential plan. Like a gallon of milk, the new terror warnings will each come with a stamped expiration date. The new terror alerts would also be published online using Facebook and Twitter “when appropriate,” the plan said, but only after federal, state and local government leaders have already been notified. The new system is expected to be in place by April 27.
