School Safety

1. School Safety This training covers: General Safety, School Security, and Emergency Procedures

2. General Safety Accident Prevention

3. Common Accidents • Slip, Trip or Fall Accidents • Falls from Ladders or Lifts • Reaching, Lifting, Pushing, or Pulling Accidents • Eye Injuries • Classroom Injuries Accident Prevention 1

4. Falls Slips and Trips Falls from Heights Do not use chairs as ladders Use an appropriate ladder The top two rungs are not designed for standing Place the ladder on a stable and level surface Move the ladder rather than stretching to reach • Be attentive to where you are walking • Take responsibility for preventing or correcting hazards • Use handrails • Carry reasonable loads Accident Prevention 2

5. Reaching, Lifting and Moving • If you cannot reach something, ask for help. • If you cannot lift or move something, either get help of use appropriate tools. • Make lifting easy: • Lighten the load (unpack heavy boxes) • Store heavy items between knee and shoulder height on shelves you can easily access • Keep the load close to your body • Move you feet rather than twisting your body Accident Prevention 3

6. Eye Injuries Students By board policy, students must wear eye protection when engaged in activities that include: • The use of hazardous chemicals, hot liquids or solids;, or molten materials; • Performing grinding, chipping, or other hazardous activities where there is danger of flying particles; • Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, or stamping of any solid materials; • Cutting, welding, or brazing operations or any form of heat treatment, tempering, or kiln firing; • The use of hazardous radiation, including the use of infrared and ultraviolet light or lasers; • Repair or servicing of any vehicle; or • Any process or activity in a vocational, art, industrial arts or science course or laboratory that might have a tendency to cause damage to the eyes. Accident Prevention 4

7. Eye Injuries • To the list above for school personnel eye protection must also be worn when: • Working or cleaning overhead • Moving ceiling tiles • lawn mowing or trimming • Tree trimming or any use of a chainsaw • During firearms or tactical police training Accident Prevention 5

8. Instructional Safety Elementary Secondary Teachers should enforce occupational safety rules Ensure that safety engineering controls are in place Ensure that safety training meets the training standards Ensure personal protective equipment is used as required Monitor students when they use hazardous substances, energy sources or equipment. • Elementary teachers must supervise students during all activities especially: • Recess and outdoor activities • Art and science experiential learning activities • When passing through the corridors • Students should not move TV carts or cafeteria tables • Students should not plug in or unplug electrical equipment. Accident Prevention 6

9. General Safety Fire and Life Safety

10. Fire Prevention • Open flames are allowed only in science and career and technology courses. • Candles are to be used only for National Honor Society ceremonies, all other use is prohibited. • When cooking in a microwave (or any oven), staff must stay in the room with the oven while it is on. • Care must be taken to ensure stage lights do not contact anything combustible including fire retardant curtains. • Oily rags and waste solvents must be disposed in fire safety cans, never mixed with paper or other wastes Fire and Life Safety 1

11. Life Safety • Combustible decorations are not allowed on or within three feet of the door. • Combustible materials including children’s work are not to cover more than 20% of the wall area in any corridor or egress pathway • Corridors are to be kept clean and clear of storage or anything that would hinder emergency egress • No doors marked as exits may be locked or blocked to prevent egress. Fire and Life Safety 2

12. Assembly Life Safety • Movable bleachers, such as those in most gyms, and not designed for dynamic loads so dancing or spectator waves are not to be allowed. • Only rooms with two doors should be used for events with more than 49 people in attendance. • The location of emergency exists and fire procedures should be announced for events with more than 249 in attendance. • Passage between movable furniture in assembly facilities should not hinder emergency egress. Fire and Life Safety 3

13. General Safety Electrical Safety

14. Electrical Safety • Use the GFCI outlets when electrical power is needed near water, such as in a kitchen. • Do not overload circuits; a duplex wall outlet will support one six to eight outlet power strip. • Extension cords are to be used for temporary power only (a semester or two is not temporary). • Turn off electrical devices when not in use. • Turn off devices before unplugging. Electrical Safety 1

15. Electrical Safety • When placing equipment in the room, avoid placing cords where they are walked on • Check electrical cords – do not use equipment with damaged cords • If you do not think an electrical device is safe, ask maintenance to check it • Do not allow elementary students to plug in or unplug electrical equipment • Use outlet covers in special education, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms Electrical Safety 2

16. School Security General Security Measures

17. Building Security • Keep outside doors secure. • Teach students not to open doors for strangers. • Keep interior doors secure. • Wear your ID. • If you see a visitor without an ID, direct them to the office to get a RAPTOR tag. General Security 1

18. Suspicious Items Suspicious Items Suspicious Mail If unopened, do not open. Put the item down and evacuate the room. If the mail contains a powder, cover it to prevent the spread of the material. Make note of who may have been exposed. Wash hands. • Keep your work area neat so you know when something is out of place. • Do not move or try to inspect suspicious items, call the police • Move away from the item and keep others out of the area until you are advised that it is safe. General Security 2

19. Secure Valuable Items • Do not leave valuables in plain view in your car or in your office or classroom. • Lock your purse, briefcase, camera, wallet or other valuables in a desk drawer or cabinet. • Lock your office or classroom whenever you leave. • If you encounter someone acting suspiciously or in an area with no legitimate reason, report the situation immediately General Security 3

20. Data Security • Logoff your computer when you are done working. • Lock your computer when you leave your desk (windows key and “L” will lock the computer) • Do not give others your user name and password, do not write your password and keep it near your computer. (Keep ATM cards and pins separately). • Review the Confidentiality Mandatory Training General Security 4

21. Personal Security • Be aware of what is happening around you: • Who is near you and your students? • Are there things out of place or that don’t belong? • What are your students doing? • Trust your intuition. If it does not “feel” right, look for the reason. • Report people acting suspiciously • Do not approach someone who seems dangerous. If you must approach have another staff member watch. General Security 5

22. Student Security • Build trusting relationships with your students. • Be predictable, if you say something carry through • Be honest, do not over promise • If a fight or conflict occurs, determine which student is the responsible aggressor. • Call to the students, the first to look is often the victim • Base your assessment on what you actually observe, not what you assume • Listen to the student, make sure you can repeat back what the student is trying to explain General Security 6

23. Student Security • Be the eyes of the school, watch for the seven signs of developing problems. Inappropriate: • Surveillance: • Elicitation: • Tests of security: • Acquiring supplies: • Suspicious persons: • Trial runs: • Deploying assets and final approach: General Security 7

24. School Security Violence Mitigation & Response

25. Violence Mitigation • The non-violent crisis intervention course is recommended for all school personnel. • Try not to fuel an emotional fire, verbally defuse emotional situations and verbal outbursts. • Approach fights carefully: • Most fights last only a few seconds – evaluate before responding • Remove the audience • Use your voice before getting physically engaged Violence 1

26. Weapons • Report any suspected weapon immediately . • Do not approach someone who is armed, do not attempt to disarm. • If someone who is armed enters your class, calmly ask if you can evacuate students. • Remember distance and shielding – stay back and keep something between you and the armed person. • Time is usually on your side, the longer you delay violence the less likely there will be serious violence. Violence 2

27. Active Violence • When a person is actively violent distance is the best protection – evacuate whenever possible. • If evacuation is not possible, hide. • Having a locked or barricaded door is best. • Active hiding may be required, changing hiding places until you can evacuate. • As a last resort, if you and your students are in immediate danger, do not be an easy target:move, distract, protect, swarm. Violence 4

28. Emergency Procedures Natural Disasters & Emergencies

29. Cold Weather • When the temperature is below 45, (wind chill < 40): • Make sure students are dressed appropriately before taking them outdoors • Encourage students to drink water (proper hydration helps protect against hypothermia) • Watch for signs of hypothermia • When the temperature is below 32, (wind chill < 30): • Watch for ice formation on walkways • Limit time outdoors (25 min for elementary, 40 for secondary) • Exempt students with health conditions from outdoor activities • When the temperature or wind chill is below 20: • Discontinue outdoor activities • Athletics and Fine Arts see Athletic Department Guidelines Emergency Procedures 1

30. Extreme Heat • When it is hot outside: • Students should be encouraged to drink water • Teacher , coach, or sponsor is required to monitor the temperature • Watch for signs of heat related injury or illness • When the temperature is above 94, heat index above 99: • Limit time outdoors (25 min for elementary, 40 for secondary) • Exempt students with health conditions from outdoor activities • When the temperature is above 100, heat index above 105: • Discontinue outdoor activities • Use hot weather bus loading procedures • Athletics and Fine Arts see Athletic Department Guidelines Emergency Procedures 2

31. Lightning • Thunderstorm Watch: • If outdoors, watch for signs of thunder clouds. • Take a lightning detector with you during outdoor activities. • If the clouds appear to be the kind that produce lightning, consider moving indoors. • If it is less than 30 seconds from lighting to thunder, move indoors. • Thunderstorm Warning : • Constantly monitor and evaluate conditions, move indoors before hazardous conditions develop. • Lightning within 6 miles • Discontinue outdoor activities, resume after 30 minutes without lightning. • Use rainy day dismissal procedures . Emergency Procedures 3

32. Tornado • Tornado Watch: • Be alert for clouds that look like they could produce damaging winds • Move students and personnel into permanent building for temporary classrooms and continue instruction • If damaging winds occur, move to tornado sheltering • Tornado Warning : • Discontinue any outdoor activities. • Move students to tornado safe areas of the permanent school building. • If damaging winds occur, have students sit on the floor near interior structural walls (or under heavy furniture if structural walls are not available). • Wind damage to school: • Move students to the safest location that can be reached without traveling through increased danger. • Provide first aid for anyone injured. • Call emergency services by dialing 911 and notify Katy ISD Police. Emergency Procedures 4

33. Tropical Storm (Hurricane) • Hurricane Season: • Prepare your family by making a plan, getting a 5 day survival kit, and staying informed. • Prepare your classroom or office by making sure the computer and critical files are away from windows and stored 4 inched above the floor. • When a hurricane threatens the Texas coast: • Prepare your classroom or office by storing critical records • Lock valuables in cabinets and follow instructions for safeguarding your computer and computer files. • When schools close before a hurricane: • If you or your family plan to evacuate, notify your supervisor. • Prepare your home early. • After the Hurricane: • Do not enter the school until advised it is safe to do so by your supervisor • When you return, assess and report any damage in your room Emergency Procedures 5

34. Wildland Fire • When a Red Flag Warning is issued: • Discontinue educational activities that may cause a fire such as outdoor welding, barbeques, model rocket launches, or fire suppression training. • Watch for and report any fires that occur near the school. • If you smell smoke from a wildland fire or agricultural burning: • Keep students with respiratory illnesses or other medical conditions that could be aggravated by smoke indoors. • If smoke is visible or the smell is very strong, cancel outdoor activities. • If smoke is inside the school, report the situation to the office. • If smoke sets off the fire alarm, listen for instructions – you may not evacuate in this situation. • Establish a fire watch, watch for fire and falling ash around the school. • Send any students with respiratory symptoms to the nurse Emergency Procedures 5

35. Dangerous Animals or Insects • Wild animal or aggressive domestic animal on school grounds: • All animals are potentially dangerous, even small animals. • Move students away from the animal and notify the office. • Call Katy ISD Maintenance and Police to report the animal. • “Harmless” animals like turtles can carry diseases, so do not touch. • Bats: • Report bats to maintenance immediately. • Move students away from bats, have a staff member watch the bat while maintenance is on the way. • Do not touch bats as they often carry rabies! • Insects: • Only maintenance staff members are allowed to treat for insects, pesticides are not allowed on campus. • Move students away from the insects and call maintenance. Emergency Procedures 5

36. Emergency Procedures Accidental Hazards

37. Fire • When the fire alarm sounds: • All school personnel should evacuate. • If hazardous conditions exist such as a wildfire near school, lightning, or damaging winds, listen for instructions before evacuating. • Once outside, move to the assigned assembly point of an alternate if the assigned location is not safe. • Remain with your students. • Listen for additional instructions. • If you detect a fire and the alarm has not sounded: • Activate the alarm to start an evacuation. • If the fire is smaller than a trash can, you may use a portable fire extinguisher to put the fire out. • If the fire does not go out with the fire extinguisher, evacuate and wait for the fire department. • Report all intentionally set fires to the fire department or police. Emergency Procedures 6

38. Electrical Power Failure • When the school experiences a partial electrical power failure: • During a partial power outage there is a high risk of fire, establish a fire watch. • Listen for additional instructions. • When the school experiences a complete electrical power failure, and the generator starts: • Students should remain in classrooms, unless advised to move. • Some schools have interior (no windows) classrooms that do not have emergency lighting; students in these rooms should carefully make their way into the adjoining hall. • For electrical power dependent students, the classroom should have a power outlet connected to the generator it is usually marked by a red or orange plate. • Listen for additional instructions. Emergency Procedures 7

39. Natural Gas Leak • If you smell natural gas in the school: • Check for any open gas supply in the room . • Do not turn on or off any electrical equipment. • Evacuate students from the immediate area . • Tell others in adjoining rooms to evacuate also. And notify the office. • If you smell natural gas outdoors near the school: • Notify the school office immediately. • Bring students in from outside. • Listen for additional instructions. Emergency Procedures 8

40. Hazardous Material Leak • If a hazardous material leaks occurs near the school you may need to shelter-in-place: • Close windows and outside doors , • Turn off air conditioning and vent fans , • Be prepared to evacuate and listen for instructions. • If the spill or leaks results in a fire: • Notify the fire department , • Watch for evidence that the fire has or will spread to the school. • If a hazardous material spills inside the school: • Isolate the area and do not let others enter, • Notify the office, • Provide first aid as directed by the MSDS. Emergency Procedures 9

41. Student Injury • Provide first aid, use bloodborne pathogens precautions. • Notify the nurse: • For minor injuries students can be sent to the nurse, • For major injuries or any head injury call the nurse to the student. • In necessary call an ambulance: • During the day the nurse should determine if an ambulance is needed; • After hours the teacher, coach, or sponsor will need to call; • If an ambulance is called, also notify Katy ISD Police. • Follow up on the incident by: • Reporting the incident to a principal ; • Notifying parents; • If necessary, documenting the cause and nature of the injury incident in a written report. Emergency Procedures 10

42. Staff Member Injury • Provide first aid using precautions for bloodborne pathogens: • If needed, notify the nurse; • If immediate medical attention is needed, either call an ambulance or go to a hospital emergency room. • Report the incident to the injured individual’s supervisor. • Report the incident to the Risk Management Department: • Medical services will be covered, if provided by an approved hospital or workers’ compensation network doctor. • Health insurance does not cover work-related injuries. Emergency Procedures 11

43. Water Utility Failure • If you notice that the water pressure is very low or that the water is discolored: • report the problem to the office immediately, • Do not allow students to drink from drinking fountains, • Listen for additional instructions, • When water pressure returns, do not drink the water until advised that it is safe. • Fixtures in the restrooms may not flush correctly; report any unsanitary conditions to the school office. • If wastewater overflows: • Prevent students from contact with the wastewater, • Report the problem to the office, • Do not allow students to return until the area is sanitized. Emergency Procedures 12

44. Emergency Procedures Crime and Violence

45. Intruder • There are two possible warning terms for violent threats: • If the threat is outside, then the warning will be to “secure the building.” • If the threat is inside, then the warning will be to “lockdown.” • In a secure the building, those outdoors should return to the building immediately and: • Lock exterior doors , • Post signs stating that the school is secured, • Keep students away from exterior windows and out of sight. • In a lockdown, those outside the school should evacuate to a safe location off site. Those in the school should: • Gather students into classrooms, • Close and lock or barricade the door, • Stay out of sight. Emergency Procedures 13

46. Active Shooter An active shooter is anyone using a weapon to actively attack others at school. An active shooter may use a weapon other than a fire arm. A person threatening violence, but not actively attacking is not an active shooter. • If an active shooter attacks the school personnel should consider: • Evacuation with your students to a safe location off campus (running away) if possible. • If it is not possible to run away, then hiding. Lockdown – but active lockdown moving to avoid the attacker and escaping if possible. • As a last resort, when lives are in immediate danger: move, distract, protect, and/or swarm. Emergency Procedures 14

47. Bomb Threat • Threats: • By email, leave the message open and call the police. • By telephone: • keep the individual talking, • activate the MCID feature, • Ask the questions on the bomb threat form, • Have someone call the police while you remain on the phone. • By note or graffiti : minimize handling the note and call the police. • Keep your classroom or office neat so you can tell if anything is out of place or suspicious. • When asked to look for suspicious items, do not move or touch anything you find suspicious! • Report suspicious items immediately. • If a bomb threat evacuation is required, go to the alternative assembly area (not the same place as for a fire drill). Emergency Procedures 15

48. Kidnapping • If you discover a student is missing, immediately report the situation to a principal. • If you witness an abduction, try to observe: • What the person taking the child looks like, • What the person is driving , • Which way they are driving when they leave the school, and • What the child is wearing. • Call the Katy ISD Police about any student reported missing after school regardless of where the child was last seen. Emergency Procedures 16

49. School Safety If you have questions contact: johncbremer@katyisd.org