All adults on campus are required to wear identification
badges at all times. All
Parents and other visitors are required to report to the
office upon arrival at the campus to sign in and obtain a visitor’s badge. Any adult who is not properly identified
either by a district or visitor’s badge should be immediately directed to the
office. Parents dropping off students
between
Students on campus must be supervised at ALL times. Classes shall walk in lines while moving around campus, with teachers walking at the back of the line in order to observe and supervise student movement. Teachers are required to utilize certain stopping points for their class when walking from one area to another. Teachers are required to check or count to make certain that all students are with the teacher. Students are prohibited from staying behind in the classroom. Specialists and classroom teachers will inform each other regarding students who have been picked up early, sent to the clinic, or whose usual routine has been otherwise varied.
Excessive movement around campus by individual students is strongly discouraged and should be kept to a minimum. The “buddy system” is required for pre-k and kindergarten students who need to leave their class during the day. Teachers must provide any students leaving the class with a clip-on badge/hall pass. Staff members should question any student walking around campus who is not wearing or carrying a badge unless the student is with the class or has a clinic or library pass.
Restroom breaks shall be taken as a class in the morning, on the way to the cafeteria for lunch, and in the afternoon. Students are not permitted to leave the cafeteria during lunch.
Parents or visitors may not proceed to the classrooms without first checking in at the office and receiving permission to do so. No interruptions to the school day will be permitted except those of an emergency nature. Parents are required to bring forgotten items or items needing delivery to students to the office. Office staff members have keys to the rooms and will deliver the items without interrupting the class.
No student will be released from school except to a parent, guardian, or designee as indicated on the Student Information Card. When taking a child out of school, the parent, guardian, or other designee must first come to the school office and sign the student out, specifying the reason for early dismissal. Anyone taking a child from school should be prepared to show proper identification.
Parents of students who are absent should notify the
Attendance Specialist by
The track and playground are reserved for school use during school hours. Signs setting forth these restrictions are posted. Parent volunteers who have completed the volunteer registration forms and have signed in at the office may use the track during school hours as long as their use does not interfere with health fitness activities. Staff members and parents should inform any unauthorized persons of the school’s policy and request that they comply with the same. The office should be notified immediately if unauthorized users refuse to leave upon request.
To facilitate communication regarding student safety on the playground and track, a designated teacher from each grade-level will bring to recess a plastic box containing a two-way radio, a pencil, clinic slips, and badges. Any student who needs to go to the clinic during recess will be issued a clinic slip and accompanied to the clinic.
No one shall be permitted to ride bicycles, razors, skateboards, or roller blades on sidewalks or walkways on the campus before, during, and after school due to the safety hazard to staff and others walking on the sidewalks and walkways.
No dogs or cats are allowed on campus during school hours. This includes bringing dogs on leashes at arrival or dismissal times.
Classroom doors must be kept locked throughout the school day whether the students are in the classrooms or elsewhere on campus.
Lock Down Procedures and Fire Drills
Hunters Creek has a Lock Down Policy addressing the unlikely occurrence of incidents that are potentially dangerous to student safety. The Lock Down Policy will be practiced at scheduled times throughout the year. Fire drills also are practiced on a regular basis.
The Assistant Principal will keep an incident log that will report all incidents in which student safety is potentially compromised in order to accurately provide constructive feedback regarding safety on campus.