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School Safety

The Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD) has developed District-level and school-level safety plans in consultation with local, state, and federal agencies to use in emergency situations. Faculty, staff, and administration at each school site have been trained and have completed regular drills using their safety plans. Whether the emergency is a regional natural disaster or a specific school emergency, the CCUSD will:

  1. Provide a safe and secure environment for students and staff
  2. Take immediate action to reduce injury risk
  3. Employ personnel and services to support the health of students and staff
  4. Coordinate safety efforts with our local, state, and federal partners

 

COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SAFETY PLANS


Schools individually update their Comprehensive School Safety Plans in accordance with California law on an annual basis. The safety plans are specific to each school site and outline, among other areas, emergency response roles and actions.


Comprehensive School Safety Plans are brought to the CCUSD Board of Education for approval in March.

 

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS


Accurate and timely communication with families during an active school emergency is essential to maintaining student safety. During an active school emergency, the CCMS will employ the following communication protocol to notify stakeholders:

Parentsquare is our communication platform for disseminating all information. We have several options for communicating during an emergency: 

  • Text Message: For urgent emergency communications. Also, will refer to the Parentsquare post when there is more information that is needed to disseminate to families. 
  • Voice Message: if deemed necessary to relay information verbally
  • Post: Generally with follow-up information after an incident has concluded, or to direct families to more information than a text message can include.

Examples of an active school emergency include lockdowns, fire, active shooter, school closure, or other incident requiring urgent communication. Standard, non-emergency communication methods will include email and recorded telephone messages.


Effective communication is important within our CCUSD community. As a parent, please make it a priority to update your contact information, whenever there is a change, with your child’s school. Current cell phone numbers are critical as we may have to send you a text message in the event of an active school emergency.


Current cell phone numbers are critical as we may have to send you a text message in the event of an active school emergency.

 

EMERGENCY PREPARATION: WHAT YOU CAN DO


Contact Information: Please ensure your child’s emergency contact information is updated with current information on emergency contacts or parent designees who are allowed to pick up your child. You can access the Parent Portal link below to update your parent designees.

* Click Aeries Parent Portal to access your child’s account and update information.


Your child may only be released to an adult who you, as a parent, have designated as an emergency contact and who has proper identification. Children will be kept at school until a parent or parent designee can pick them up.


IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER


In the event of an active school emergency:

  • Please refrain from calling the school or District office. Phone lines, if working, will be used for emergency communication. School staff will be busy responding to the emergency and preserving student safety. Please be calm.
  • Please refrain from going to your child’s school unless you have received direction from the school. Traffic around the school may delay the ability of emergency responders from entering or exiting the campus. In addition, the school will be closed to all but emergency responders until the situation is resolved.
  • Your school has a site-specific safety plan. Please note, in order to support school safety, it is necessary for the CCUSD to restrict public access to school safety plans. Specific safety procedures and protocols can be compromised if made public.

 

Please monitor communication. Outside of your cell phone, use a radio or television to receive announcements, if available. In the event of a natural disaster, tune to an Emergency Broadcast System station (KABC-TV7-L.A.; KFWB radio @ 980 AM).


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES


Please review the following below website links to the appropriate agency for additional information: