How to Create a School Safety Plan
A school safety plan is the blueprint for procedures and practices that should be implemented in order to maintain safety within a school. It is of utmost importance that each school have a safety plan in place so that the students and employees at the school know what to do in the event of an emergency. A well-written school safety plan also can prevent the emergence of crisis situations by maintaining daily security and positive functioning within the school.
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Create a vision statement. This is a means of stating the overall purpose of the safety plan.
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Write a description of the school. Include the enrollment, after-school activities, faculty and staff numbers, and a description of all buildings and facilities on the school grounds. Obtain crime statistics concerning the area and include this in the geographical description of the school's location.
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Write a description of internal security procedures. Examples of these procedures include having visitors sign in at the front office and receive a visitor's tag, wearing identification badges (students and teacher) and keeping outside doors locked.
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Address transportation safety issues, along with arrival and dismissal routines. For instance, you could require all students to present written permission and information on morning and afternoon transportation methods. You also might have parents who drive to pick up children post identifying numbers on their vehicle. Write a description of how faculty and staff should supervise arrival and dismissal activities.
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Write a specific plan for natural disaster situations, including (but not limited to) fire and tornado drills. Create a system for contacting local media, as well as school employees, concerning school closures or delays.
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Create a section of the safety plan that deals with crisis situations such as having an armed person in the building or handling a bomb threat.
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Address the procedures (definitions, reporting and consequences) concerning discipline issues. Usually these procedures must reflect a school district's policy. Cover procedures that address minor and major discipline infractions, as well as social issues such as bullying and sexual harassment.
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Create a section concerning health issues such as infectious diseases, head lice and blood borne pathogens. The procedures for this section should be in compliance with your state guidelines for health and environmental control issues.
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