Safety And Wellness Plan

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Safety And WellnessPlan

• 2006 - 2007

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ensures that Antelope View Charter School staff
is prepared for the many aspects of responding to
a critical incident involving their school or
student teacher populations.
A Crisis Management Plan
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Agenda

• Crisis Management Team
• Staging
• Procedures

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A Crisis Management Team (CMT)

• The membership of AVCSs CMT consists of an
  immediately accessible core group of school
  personnel who have the knowledge and skills to
  handle an emergency situation. A wide range of
  members for the CMT have been selected to ensure
  the various aspects of crisis planning can be
  accomplished.
• Members of the team are trained to identify
  alarming changes in student behavior and
  community events or incidents that could affect
  the school. Action is taken to address the needs
  of the school population.

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Specific staff have specific CMT roles

• The AVCS Role List is as follows
• Incident Commander Mary Navarro (Principal),
  alternates Lyn McCarty, Nanci Rose, and Clif
  Castro
• Student Accounting Coordinator and
  Recorder/Communication Judy Shira (School
  Secretary), alternates Ann Decker, Nanci Rose,
  and Kevin Shira
• Police and Fire Liaison Sandi Cooke
  (Administrative Assistant), alternates
• Staff Assignments at the School Site Ann Decker
  (Accounts Manager), alternate Nanci Rose, Clif
  Castro, and Elizabeth Hernandez
• Staff Assignments at a Staging Area Lyn McCarty
  (Vice Principal), alternates Greg Baumann, Tina
  Degan-Henslee
• Parent Reunion Organizer and Information and
  Media Representative Nanci Rose (Coordinator),
  alternates Lyn McCarty, Clif Castro, Kevin Shira
• Security Michael Tadros (Custodian), alternates
  Clif Castro and Kevin Shira
• Counseling Greg Baumann (Guidance Counselor),
  alternates Lyn McCarty, Nanci

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INCIDENT COMMANDER

• The incident commander is the overall leader
  during an emergency incident. The incident
  commander makes decisions based on the
  information and suggestions being provided from
  other members of the crisis team. This role may
  be combined with a liaison role but should not be
  combined with any other active role during a
  critical incident.

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STUDENT ACCOUNTING COORDINATOR

• This team member is responsible for ensuring all
  teachers have an accurate accounting of students
  and for coordinating efforts in accounting for
  missing or extra students. Much of this role
  involves planning for an incident and
  communicating with the faculty on the importance
  of removing rosters during an emergency so
  student accountability can take place.

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OFF-SITE EVACUATION COORDINATOR

• The duties of this position focus on organizing
  the off-site evacuation location during an
  emergency situation. This includes planning the
  movement of the students to the location and
  assisting with accounting of the students once
  they are moved planning for the use of a
  location, and planning the evacuation route to
  safely move the students.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE LIAISON

• When the local police and fire departments
  respond to a school incident, they will
  immediately require contact with a school
  official.
• Contact between the school operations and those
  of the law enforcement/fire operations must be
  maintained throughout the incident.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE LIAISON

• When the local police and fire departments
  respond to a school incident, they will
  immediately require contact with a school
  official.
• Contact between the school operations and those
  of the law enforcement/fire operations must be
  maintained throughout the incident.

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PARENT REUNION COORDINATOR

• Parent contact should be expected and planned for
  by giving specific directions to the parents as
  they arrive in the area. A well-informed member
  of the crisis team will be
• at a central location and coordinate the
  activities at this site
• coordinate with the media liaison for information
  that can be released to the parents
• communicate with the evacuation, student
  accounting, and off site staging personnel to
  facilitate children coming to the reunion
  location to join their parents

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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER (PIO)

• Local media will respond to events that occur at
  schools and representatives from community
  relations will respond to the school during a
  major incident the PIO will
• prepare information for public release
• draft the parent letter that should go home with
  each student explaining what took place at the
  school
• make sure the media does not gain access to
  students or faculty during the incident
• serve as the staff liaison by providing
  information to staff members about the incident

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COMMUNICATIONS/ RECORDER COORDINATOR

• This person will make sure the various school
  offices receive notification and updates about
  the event and that any needed resources are
  requested.
• When an event first occurs, the communications
  person should confirm that 911 has been called or
  place the call.
• During the event, this person should keep a
  detailed record of the events, decisions, and
  actions including annotation of time.
• This record will help ensure all critical tasks
  have been completed

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SECURITY COORDINATOR

• This person handles incidents that occur around
  the school building but do not directly involve
  school personnel.
• A violent crime or other situation near a school
  may require the staff to quickly secure the
  school from outside intruders.
• developing specific assignments for school
  personnel during such an emergency
• creating a check system to make sure the school
  is secure
• acting as a liaison with the agency handling the
  local event

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STAFF ASSIGNMENT COORDINATOR

• The role of this position is to use available
  personnel to assist with carrying out the core
  functions associated with an incident.
• Any teacher not assigned students during an
  incident and any personnel arriving at the
  incident should report directly to this person.
• This person will keep a roster of assignments and
  make requests to administrative offices for
  additional resources.

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COUNSELING

• Available resources should be identified and used
  on a regular basis when the first sign of
  depression, anger, or other alarming changes in a
  student is observed.
• During a crisis, the CMT member responsible for
  counseling must quickly organize a counseling
  program to help students, parents, faculty, and
  the community to heal from the incident.

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Staging Area Considerations

• During a crisis, the expected response by the
  media, community residents, and parents will
  create chaos if a plan is not in place.
• Every school must be prepared for the
  possibility of an evacuation during an emergency
  or crisis.
• The logistics of moving a student population
  must be planned and fully understood by all those
  responsible for the safety and security of
  children.

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OFF-SITE EVACUATION OF STUDENTS

• Nearby locations where faculty and students can
  be moved safely away from danger have been
  identified as
• Lone Oak Park
• or the athletic field located on the CHS campus
  to the rear of AVCS buildings.
• These locations should be used anytime students
  need to be moved a safe distance from the school
  buildings.

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MEDIA STAGING

• The public relations manager will meet the media
  on the west side of the parking lot adjacent to
  CHSs parking lot and use the grassy area there
  and asphalt just on the other side of the grassy
  area as a staging location.

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BUS STAGING AREA

• The schools off-site evacuation location is
  large enough to handle school bus traffic. There
  is no need for a second area to be used if
  students are going to be dismissed from a
  location other than the primary school building.
• There is a plan for requesting sheriff assistance
  that will be needed to control traffic near the
  park.

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COMMAND POST

• Sheriff and fire departments will establish a
  command post for their operations during a
  school-based incident and will require
  communication with a school command post for
  information and planning.
• The school command post is located near the
  school but out of the direct danger zone, in the
  Center High School Theater light and sound booth.

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PARENT REUNION AREA

• The Antelope Community Library on the corner of
  Antelope and Walerga has been identified as a
  parent reunion area in cases that involve
  violence and risk of injury to students.
• This location can support many parents and
  vehicles, provide shelter and offer some isolated
  quiet areas.

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• What to do
• What to do!

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Procedures for everything!

• Lockdown
• Critical Response
• Activity in The Vicinity
• Bomb Threat
• Bus Accident
• Biochemical Hazard
• Death/suicide
• Earthquake
• Fire Drills
• Gas Odor
• Hostage Situation

• Hostile Visitor
• Medical Emergency
• Missing Student
• Public Demonstration
• Severe Weather
• Tornado
• Flood
• Smoke
• Sexual Assault
• Shooting or Stabbing
• Student Disruption
• Weapon