EVACUATION: Defined as an internal emergency that requires students and staff to leave the building for their safety.  Parents should follow emergency notifications.

LOCKDOWN: Defined as an internal and/or immediate threat.  All staff and students are locked in rooms.  No one IN or OUT!

SHELTER-IN-PLACE: Defined as a safety precaution for an external threat that is not an immediate or internal threat.

CLASS HOLD: Defined as a safety precaution implemented during an incident where students need to be kept in the classroom.

RELEASE WITH CARE: Defined as a possible threat in the schools’ neighborhoods during arrival and release time. Release with care procedures.

• To ensure safety, the building administrator may ask staff to escort students to/from buses or waiting cars.
• Staff may also be asked to accompany students home.