Crisis Intervention Team and/or the security staff should sweep the building, including bathrooms and other unsupervised areas for missing students. Any teachers who need to be contacted (because of red cards on the door) should be contacted via the classroom telephone.
4.09 BOMB THREATS The Board of Directors and the Head of School acknowledge their responsibility to always ensure the safety of the students. At the same time, they wish to deal firmly with any threats against the School, and to discourage unwarranted disruptions which poses a danger whether or not the threat is real or a prank. The Head of School and Facilities Manager are responsible for the establishment of regulations to be followed in cases of threat. These regulations should aim first at protecting the students and faculty in the School; second at finding the bomb device allegedly placed in the School; and third, identifying the person or persons responsible for making the threat. All members of the staff, especially the office and switchboard staff likely to be the first recipients of threatening calls; will be instructed on a regular basis in bomb threat procedure. Distribution of these procedures will be at the discretion of the Head of School and/or Facilities Manager.
4.10 EMERGENCY SCHOOL CLOSINGS The Head of School is empowered to close the School for one day, delay the opening time of School, dismiss School early, hold students in School past dismissal time, or declare a “minimum day” if adverse weather conditions, or emergency safety considerations make it necessary. In an extreme emergency, or a Force Majeure situation, the Board of Directors may close the School for whatever reason or period of time deemed necessary if the safety and security of students, faculty or staff is held in jeopardy. Board action in such circumstances shall first take into consideration the recommendation of the Head of School. That recommendation will be guided by the following: A.
Security information from military organizations.
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Information from local government security officials.
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