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Shelter-in-Place

District Security Procedures
Shelter-in-Place emergencies involve terrorist threats to the school, community, state, and/or nation. In the event that the community goes to a Red Alert in regards to a terrorist threat, please be aware aware of the following:

Heightened Supervision
There could be an activation of a heightened control procedure for incoming visitors to a facility. This could range from: the monitoring of one open entrance, checking all visitors at the entrance, restricting student and staff movement in and out of the facility, to actually locking the facility to all outside visitors (this would include parents). If visitors (including parents) are not permitted to enter the facility, in the event of a terrorist attack near the facility, there will be appropriate information for parents through the radio and television stations (see Communications).

Family Communication Plan
It is strongly recommended that each family have a communications plan for informing someone else to care for their family, in the event that an emergency situation should keep them from timely care of children, etc. This plan could include:

  • Individuals (i.e., family, friends, neighbors) who would be willing to care for your family. Phone numbers of these contacts.
  • Any special arrangements and/or information.
  • Educate your family of this procedure, and the use of any code word (if necessary) for emergency pick up.

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