by Ari Yares | Mar 22, 2016 | Crisis Management
Today, I rode the DC Metro for the first time since the shutdown. I can’t say that the experience was uniquely different from before the Metro’s management decided to stop all train service for more than 24 hours. My colleagues were, of course, interested...
by Ari Yares | Mar 16, 2016 | Crisis Management
It began with shock. Quick whispered conversations and then it was all over social media. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA or Metro) was shutting down all trains for more than 24 hours beginning at midnight on March 16. Emergency inspections...
by Ari Yares | Dec 5, 2012 | Crisis Management, Jewish Day School
Fire drills are one of those necessary evils of school administration. In the jurisdictions that I’ve worked, they have been legally required and it can be a struggle to squeeze the appropriate number in each school year. It’s not that I’m opposed to...
