Safety

SAFETY PROCEDURES

PERIMETER FENCE  The perimeter fence and all pedestrian gates will be locked during school hours with a single entry point at the front of the school. Visitors should park in the lot and use the pedestrian gate buzzer to request access. Only staff are authorized to provide access to visitors. All visitors must report to the main office for a background check and a visitor sticker. Do not hold the gate open for others unless granted permission by the main office staff.

FIRE DRILLS: Drills are conducted monthly to ensure immediate responses in situations where students must exit the building. Adults should follow procedures by modeling the correct behavior when on campus. If you are visiting and hear the fire alarm, please exit the building at the nearest door and walk to one of our meeting spots. This is also an excellent time to discuss your family’s fire evacuation plan.

ACTIVE ASSAILANT DRILL/EMERGENCY EVACUATION DRILLS Each classroom will practice additional safety drills and evacuation procedures. The procedures depend on the specific scenario and on what is developmentally appropriate for different ages. Parents will be notified in advance if an active assailant drill is conducted during the school day.

FACILITY SAFETY Classroom exterior doors are locked from the outside during school hours; however, children can open any door with one motion from the inside. Shared hallways are also locked to prevent adults from entering areas without our knowledge. Again, please sign in at the main office so we can assist you. No one should be entering hallways during the school day. The office staff is happy to assist you if you need to deliver something to the classrooms.

CROSSWALKS AND SIDEWALKS Thank you for helping us to keep our walkers and bike riders safe. Please continue to model appropriate behavior using the school's crosswalks and sidewalks. Remember that speed limits drop in areas where children are crossing and many of our students live on base and transit to school on foot or by bicycle. Reckless driving may lead to the suspension of driving privileges on base.

RELEASING STUDENTS FROM SCHOOL. Students can only depart school with an adult identified on the child’s pick-up list. If you request that another individual be granted permission to pick up your child, you must submit a written request to the main office (leslie.rosch@sigsbee.org). In the case of divorce or separation of the parents, both parents shall have full rights until legal notification is provided to the School, limiting the rights of either parent. If a parent or legal guardian is not able to receive a student and the person receiving the student is not an approved person with written permission to receive the student, the School shall make all efforts to contact the parents/legal guardians, and if not the parents/legal guardians, then the previously approved persons. If none can provide permission, the local police or sheriff's office shall be contacted to take custody of the child or determine whether the person attempting to receive the child without written permission may do so. The Director shall also notify the Florida Department of Children and Families.

School-aged children can walk home alone or with friends and siblings unless they are in kindergarten. Kindergarteners must have their parents' or guardians' permission to walk with a sibling or a young friend. No kindergartners are permitted to walk home alone.

Any changes to student pick-up should be made with 24 hours' notice. Frequent changes to student dismissal routines can lead to confusion.

STUDENTS LEAVING CAMPUS Students are not permitted to leave campus during school hours. It is imperative that we know if you will pick up your child. Students must be signed out by an adult on the child’s pick-up list in the office before leaving campus. Office staff will retrieve the student. Adults are asked not to go to the classroom to collect students leaving campus. We take the safety of the children very seriously, and the entire staff becomes involved in a missing-child procedure if we are unsure of how your child was dismissed.