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Emergencies or Disasters
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. 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:Emergency Procedures for Sandpiper School
Please DO NOT CALL THE SCHOOL We must have the lines open for emergency calls.
As soon as possible, come to school to pick up your child and any other children for whom you are the emergency card designee.
Park in designated parking spaces. Leave the driveway clear for emergency vehicles.
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.
Be sure you have told your student to follow the directions of school personnel.
If there is a need to evacuate, we would be at the parking lot of the Community Center next door.
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 accounted for. Red Cards will
be held up indicating 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 from each
classroom. Bottled water and a small food supply (crackers, oatmeal
bars, etc.) 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.
Cell phone is available in the principal’s 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. Emergency Procedures for Disaster
- Natural Disasters – Learn what to do in the event of an earthquake or fire
- Planning – Draft your family’s emergency plan with this PDF template.
- School Emergencies – Review school emergency protocol and stay on top of updates and changes
- Emergency Alerts – Sign up for
’s emergency alert system and receive emergency information on your cell phone - Release Forms – Fill out a Parent Release Form without a visit to the front office.
