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Date of Last Review/Update October 2007
Date Last Discussed with Staff September 2007 A school safety plan is revised and adopted each year by the School Site Council. Specific procedures for evacuation of buildings, communication and disbursement of emergency supplies are outlined in an emergency handbook in the office and on the school website. Specific responsibilities are given to adults for supervision of students in a safe location when a disaster occurs. Fire drills and earthquake disaster preparedness are practiced during the school year in cooperation with the local fire and police departments. Staff and parent telephone trees and emergency supplies are updated each year.
Emergency Procedures for Sandpiper School
Should an emergency situation (such as an earthquake, chemical spill, power failure, civil disaster, or any other event that interrupts regular school activity) occur while school is in session, Sandpiper’s basic response plan will be as follows:
No student will be dismissed from school unless a parent (or individual previously designated by a parent) comes for him/her.
No student will be allowed to leave with another person unless that particular person is listed on the student’s emergency card in our files. If your child’s emergency card is not up to date, please give us correct information.
We do ask your help in the following areas:
1. Please DO NOT CALL THE SCHOOL We must have the lines open for emergency calls.
2. As soon as possible, come to school to pick up your child and any other children for whom you are the emergency card designee.
3. Park in designated parking spaces. Leave the driveway clear for emergency vehicles.
4. If, at the direction of public officials (fire, police, etc.), the children have been relocated to another site for safety, an announcement will be made on Bay Area radio stations and television. A public information line will also be maintained at the District Office, (650) 637-4800, and the PTA will initiate a telephone tree.
5. Be sure you have told your student to follow the directions of school personnel.
6. If there is a need to evacuate, we would be at the parking lot of the Community Center next door.
Emergency Procedures for Disaster
Fire Drill:
Alarm will automatically be activated in each classroom with corresponding strobe lights. All students and staff will exit rooms to outside corridors and quickly walk to the play field area in single class lines. Teacher will immediately count all students to confirm attendance and location of each student. Teachers will hold up green cards to designate that all students are present. Red Cards will be held up indicating that there are missing students. Classroom teachers will exit with emergency bag in hand which contains emergency cards and supplies.
Earthquake:
Alarm and/or paging system will alert all students and staff to exit and convene on the play field area. Duck and cover exercise will be used in the classrooms before exit. Emergency cards will be used to exit students from the campus. Emergency provisions are available in the emergency shed. Bottled water and a small food supply are stored for an extended stay in an emergency situation.
Maps and telephone trees are available for exit and communication of next steps. Emergency procedures are posted on the website for parents’ use. There is a cellular phone provided by the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District that is available in the main office along with emergency cards.
An emergency binder is kept in the school office. It contains maps for exit, circuit breakers and water main locations as well as emergency numbers and telephone trees.
Security Levels:
An all call for “Code 1” indicates that staff needs to be aware of an impending emergency. All students must be accounted for and return to classrooms immediately.
An all call for “Code 2” indicates a “Lockdown”. All staff will immediately lock their classroom doors and account for all students. Students and teachers remain in classroom until further notice. |