Lightspeed Alert adds student risk report for K-12 safety teams

Lightspeed Systems has launched a Student Risk Indicator Report inside Lightspeed Alert that gives school safety teams a rolling view of student risk across 30 days of monitored activity. The report is now available at no additional cost to customers with Human Review enabled.

Why it matters: - School counselors, safety coordinators, and threat assessment teams can now see risk building over time instead of reviewing alerts one by one. - The report is designed to help districts spot patterns earlier across violence, self-harm, and weapons concerns. - The launch adds a new layer of synthesis for K-12 safety teams trying to act before low-level signals escalate.

What happened: - Lightspeed Systems announced general availability of the Student Risk Indicator Report in Lightspeed Alert™. - The company said the report gives a consolidated view of student risk across a district. - Each student is scored across 30 days of monitored activity. - Risk levels update continuously as new activity comes in. - The report assigns one of four current risk levels: Imminent, High, Elevated, or Low.

The details: - The scoring model weighs severity, recency, and what human reviewers concluded. - The report focuses on violence, self-harm, and weapons. - Lightspeed said the score reflects professional assessment, not just signal volume. - BOB, Lightspeed’s AI-powered safety analysis tool, is embedded in the report. - Safety coordinators can ask BOB why a student is at a given risk level. - BOB can surface related alerts that may point to a developing trend. - The tool can analyze patterns by grade, school, or district without leaving the report. - The report is available to Alert administrators for the schools they are assigned to administer. - No configuration is required. - Users access it through Reports > Risk Indicators in Lightspeed Alert. - The report is available now to Lightspeed Alert customers with Human Review enabled at no additional cost.

Between the lines: - Lightspeed is moving from alert generation to risk aggregation, which is a more operational format for district safety teams. - Including human review in the scoring is meant to reduce noise and make the output more actionable. - The product pushes safety teams toward trend spotting across time and location, not just incident response.

What’s next: - District teams using Lightspeed Alert can begin using the report immediately if Human Review is enabled. - Safety staff can use the report to monitor changes in risk by student, school, grade, or district as new activity is added. - Lightspeed may use the feature to deepen adoption of its safety workflow inside existing customer districts.

The bottom line: - Lightspeed Alert now offers a built-in risk dashboard that turns individual safety alerts into a continuous view of student threat patterns.