Ensuring a Safe and Secure Learning Environment
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Schools engage in emergency drills at least once a month during the school year to ensure students and staff are prepared for emergency situations.
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Students take refuge in designated areas to protect themselves from hazardous material or severe.
Evacuation will occure int he event of a safety hazard at a school or building. Staff and students will leave the building following a predetermined route and congregate in a predetermined area. Attendance will be taken to ensure that all staff and students have safely exited the building.
In a reverse evacuation, students and staff are brought inside the building for protection from an outside threat.
PSD students drill annually to drop, cover under a desk or a table, hold, and stay clear of windows during an earthquake.
Students and staff will only evacuate if instructed to do so.
Students drill at least three times a year on fire evacuations. In the event of a fire, students and staff will follow evacuation route procedures. Students and staff will only re-enter the building if declared safe by fire service personnel.
If a school is closed after a fire evacuation, families will be notified and students will be transported to another safe location.
A threat assessment is used as a method of assessing the type and level of a threat of a student or to a student.
The threat assessment process includes;
Reunification sites are used when a school evacuation is necessary, and it is unsafe to return. Students will be transported to these sites, and parents should go directly there, not to the school. Notifications will be sent using the contact information on file.
What to Expect:
Emergency Transportation
Emergency Bus Routes
Buses may need to adjust where they pick up and drop off students to ensure travel happens only on roads designated as safe in the snow. These are called emergency routes. Please click below for a list of Emergency Bus Routes. Routes are listed by school below (in alphabetical order) and open as a PDF in route order number.
Before winter weather starts, be sure to :
Inclement Weather and School Closures
Outlined below are the Peninsula School District’s procedures and expectations during inclement weather and school closures. Below you will find guidelines to make this process easier for you and also to help you understand how weather decisions are made.
Delay or Closure Decisions:
Late Start Benefits:
Communication:
Weather conditions may vary within the district, sometimes necessitating closures or delays affecting the entire district. Thank you for your understanding.