Examples Of Emergency Response To School Violence

Emergency Response to School Violence At Central Mountain Middle School, there are several preventative measures and guidelines in place to prevent school violence. For starters, all visitors must enter through main office doors, sign in, and receive a nametag. If teachers see a visitor without a nametag, the individual must be escorted to the main office to retrieve a nametag. No one in the building is permitted to wear hats or hoods. This rule is in effect to assure we can see the faces of all individuals and can easily spot unfamiliar faces. Our preventative measures could improve. Anyone could come to the main office, sign in as a visitor, get a nametag, and then roam the halls. Yes, teachers are to inform the office when visitors are expected, but we all know we can be preoccupied with our work and forget to do so. In the past, I have had numerous parents come in for

Once the announcement, “We are now on lockdown,” is made, all teachers follow a set of guidelines. All classroom lights must be turned off and doors locked. Teachers should direct students to hide in closets, get down on the floor, hide under desks or tables, and stay away from the doors. It is also suggested that window blinds be put down if it can be done quickly. However, the window blinds in the middle school are old and difficult to use. Students and teachers must refrain from using cellphones, but yet we have been told in the past to call 9-1-1 and school police to let them know we are in lockdown. Students and teachers are to remain hiding until an administrator or police officer opens our door. Doors are not to be opened for students and other individuals in the hallways. If physical education classes are outside, then they are to report to an alternate location, but no one knows the alternate