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Safety Protocols

Emergency Procedure Terms

Hold in Place and Teach
This protocol is enacted when there is a situation INSIDE the building that requires immediate action for all persons to remain in place. It is non-life threatening to the general population and to the school. 

Secure the Building and Teach
This protocol is enacted when there is a situation OUTSIDE the building that requires all persons to remain inside the school building.

Lockdown
A lockdown is declared when there is an active threat inside the building that requires appropriate action: locking down in a classroom, hiding from the danger or safely getting out of the building.

Evacuate
There is a hazard inside the building requiring students and staff to exit the building and gather at a designated location outside. 

Shelter in Place / Severe Weather
This protocol is enacted when there is a severe weather/tornado WARNING indicated in the area. All staff and students, inside or outside of the school, will be advised to move to their designated safe areas within the school.

  • Should a severe weather/tornado warning occur at dismissal time, students will be kept in the building until conditions improve or an all-clear signal is issued.
  • In the event buses are in transit and a severe weather/tornado warning is announced, buses will go to the closest school building or predetermined location based on movement of the potential weather.