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Safety Calendar

Monthly Fire Drill

Thursday, August 27th, 3rd Students will be coming back Email results to all faculty by
Period from Parkland. the end of the day. Discuss in
the faculty meeting on the
28th.
Wednesday, September 16th, Some students will be coming Email results to all faculty by
6th Period back from lunch and some the end of the day. Discuss in
will be going to lunch. the faculty meeting on the
25th.
Monday, October 26th, 1st Add smoke in the front foyer, Email results to all faculty by
Period so students will have to find the end of the day. Discuss in
an alternate route. the faculty meeting on the
30th.
Tuesday, November 17th, 4th Add smoke in back circle Email results to all faculty by
Period drive, so students will have to the end of the day. Discuss in
find an alternate route. the faculty meeting on the
20th.
Friday, January 29th, 2nd Fire drill discuss how the Email results to all faculty by
Period students will use the ladder the end of the day. Discuss in
on the upper floors. the faculty meeting on the
29th.
Wednesday, February 17th, 8th Fire drill just before early Email results to all faculty by
Period release. Have a couple of the end of the day. Discuss in
students hide in the bathroom the faculty meeting on the
to test the teachers how they 26th.
would handle a missing
student.
Tuesday, March 16th, 3rd Fire drill add smoke in the Email results to all faculty by
Period back-circle drive. Students the end of the day. Discuss in
would have to find an the faculty meeting on the
alternate route. 26th.
Monday, April 19th, 5th Period Fire drill Email results to all faculty by
the end of the day. Discuss in
the faculty meeting on the
23rd.
Thursday, May 13th, 2nd Fire drill Email results to all faculty by
Period the end of the day. Discuss in
the faculty meeting on the
14th.

Quarterly Lockdown Drills

Monday, September 14th, 1st Soft Lockdown, accident in Email results to all faculty by
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Period the hallway the end of the day. Discuss in

the faculty meeting on the
25th.
Tuesday, December 15th, 3rd Hard Lockdown, student with Email results to all faculty by
Period a gun in the gym. Have staff the end of the day. Discuss in
that feels they can get out of the faculty meeting on the
the building safely, try to get 18th.
out. Others lockdown in the
room.
Thursday, February 25th, 7th Hard Lockdown, angry parent Email results to all faculty by
Period in the office. the end of the day. Discuss in
the faculty meeting on the
26th.
Friday, April 23rd, 8th Period Police are after someone who Email results to all faculty by
is loose in town. Lockdown. the end of the day. Discuss in
the faculty meeting on the
23rd.

Full School Evacuation

Monday, May 3rd, 7th Hour Full School Evacuation- Email results to all faculty by
Student will evacuate and go the end of the day. Discuss in
to East Prairie. All will meet the faculty meeting on the
in the East Prairie 25th.
Gymnasium. Parents will be
notified through Teacherease.

Training for Teachers

Wednesday, December 9th, Live Shooter Training- After each scenario, go to the
3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Practice four different library and discuss how they
scenarios. felt, what they thought, and
 Shooter in the suggestions how they could
Cafeteria have handled the situation.
 Shooter outside of
their classroom
 Shooter on the other
side of the building
 Shooter coming into
their classroom

Revisiting/Debriefing After Each Drill

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All students and staff will be involved in the fire drills, lock downs, and evacuations. The

staff will be informed in half of the fire drills. The other fire drills will be a surprise. The lock

downs will be announced during that class period. They will each be a surprise. The staff will be

informed of the evacuation prior to that day. I will ask all staff to not share their knowledge of

the drills. All information will be emailed to the staff members before the end of the day. During

the next faculty meeting, we will discuss the results and any suggestions for improvement.

Rationale: Collaboration, Vision/Mission, Moral Legal Considerations

Developing the schedule for the school year, the Admin Team meets in the summer or

beginning of August to determine when the drills will take place. The district tries to do the drills

in each building on the same day, but if that does not work out, they try to do the drills the same

week.

The mission statement for our school states, “The mission of Tuscola Community Unit

School District is to provide a safe environment” [ CITATION Par20 \l 1033 ]. All the drills help

reinforce this mission statement. The principal and staff discussing the results afterwards will

improve the response to help keep the students and staff safe.

The moral and legal considerations in making these decisions in connection with the

calendar and safety drills is we want to make sure that our students are prepared to evacuate or

shelter, when needed. By doing all the drills, and having a record of them, it would help to

defend from a Tort or Negligence lawsuit. We always want to make sure that we are completing

all state required drills for those two reasons: student/staff safety and to defend litigation.