| 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.
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