Sterling Schools
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Operational Services
Safety
Safety Program
All District operations, including the education program, shall be conducted in manner that will promote the safety of everyone on District property or at a District event.
The Superintendent or designee shall develop
and implement a comprehensive safety and crisis plan incorporating both
avoidance and management guidelines. The
comprehensive safety and crisis plan shall specifically include provisions
for: injury prevention, bomb threats, weapons
and explosives on campus, school safety drill program, tornado protection,
instruction in safe bus riding practices, emergency aid, post-crisis management,
and responding to medical emergencies at an indoor physical fitness facility. During each academic year, each school
building must conduct a minimum of:
1.
Three school evacuation drills,
2.
One bus evacuation drill, and
3.
One severe weather and
shelter-in-place drill.
A law enforcement drill is optional.
In the event of an emergency that threatens the safety of any person or property, students and staff are encouraged to use any available cellular telephone. A school bus driver is prohibited from operating a school bus while using a cellular telephone, except: (1) during an emergency situation, (2) to call for assistance if there is a mechanical problem, (3) where a cellular telephone is owned by the school district and used as a two-way radio, and (4) when the school bus is parked.
State law prohibits a child sex offender from
being present on school property or loitering within 500 feet of school
property when persons under the age of 18 are present, unless the offender is:
1. A
parent/guardian of a student attending the school and the parent/guardian
is: (i) attending a conference at the
school with school personnel to discuss the progress of his or her child
academically or socially, (ii) participating in child review conferences in
which evaluation and placement decisions may be made with respect to his or her
child regarding special education services, or (ii) attending conferences to
discuss other student issues concerning his or her child such as retention and
promotion and notifies the Building Principal of his or her presence at the
school, or
2. Has
permission to be present from the School Board, Superintendent or
Superintendent’s designee. If permission
is granted, the Superintendent or Board President shall provide the details of
the offender’s upcoming visit to the Building Principal.
In all cases, the Superintendent, or designee
who is a certified employee, shall supervise a sex offender whenever the
offender is in a child’s vicinity.
If a student is a sex offender, the
Superintendent or designee shall develop guidelines for managing his or her
presence in school.
The Superintendent shall develop procedures
for the distribution and the use of information from law enforcement officials
under the Sex Offender Community Notification Law and the Child Murderer and
Violent Offender Against Youth Community Notification Law. The Superintendent
or designee shall serve as the District contact person for purposes of these laws.
The Superintendent and Building Principal
shall manage a process for schools to notify the parents/guardians during
school registration that information about sex offenders is available to the
public as provided in the Sex Offender Community Notification Law. This notification must occur during school
registration and at other times as the Superintendent or Building Principal
determines advisable.
All contracts with the
The contractor shall not send to any school
building or school property any employee or agent who would be prohibited from
being employed by the District due to conviction of a crime listed in 105 ILCS
5/10-21.9 or who is listed in the Statewide Sex
Offender Registry or the Statewide Violent Offender Against Youth Database. The contractor shall obtain a fingerprint-based criminal history records check
before sending any employee or agent to any school building or a school
property investigation. Additionally, at
least quarterly, the contractor shall check if an employee
or agent is listed on the Statewide Sex Offender Registry or the Statewide
Violent Offender Against Youth Database.
Unsafe School Choice Option
The unsafe school choice option allows
students to transfer to another District school or to a public charter school
within the District. The unsafe school
choice option is available to:
1.
All
students attending a persistently dangerous school, as defined by State law and
identified by the Illinois State Board of Education.
2.
Any
student who is a victim of a violent criminal offense, as defines by 725 ILCS
120/3, that occurred on school grounds during regular school hours or during a
school sponsored event.
The Superintendent or designee shall develop
procedures to implement the unsafe school choice option.
Student Insurance
The Board of Education shall annually
designate a company to offer student accident insurance coverage. The Board does not endorse the plan nor recommend
that parents/guardians secure the
coverage and any contract is between the parent/guardians and the company. Students who participate in
athletics, cheerleading, or pompons must have school accident insurance unless
the parents/guardians state in writing that the student is covered under a
family health insurance plan.
Emergency Closing
The Superintendent is authorized to close the
schools in the event of hazardous weather or other emergencies that threaten
the safety of students, staff members, or school property.
LEGAL REF.: 105
ILCS 5/10-20.28, 5/10-21.3a, 5/10-21.19, and 128.
210 ILCS 74.
625 ILSC 5/12-813.1
730 ILCS 152/101 et seq.
CROSS REF.: 5:30,
6:190, 6:250, 7:220, 7:300, 8.30, 8:100
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