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Safety Calendar

Sandy Nunez

Grand Canyon University: EAD 536

February 24,2021
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Safety Calendar 2021-2022 School Year

Monthly Fire Drills
Tuesday, August 24th at 9:40 am. Evacuation will be done during the reading intervention block.

Routine evacuation procedures will be observed and followed.

Thursday, September 23rd at 12:15pm. Evacuation will be done during 4th-5th-grade lunch. 4th and

5th grade will evacuate through the cafeteria only. All other grade levels will use designated

doorways.

Monday, October 18th at 1:00 pm. Evacuation will be done during our math block. The south

wing corridor will be blocked off from regular evacuation; the 6th-8th grade will need to evacuate

through the north building doors.

Wednesday, November 3rd at 8:00 am. This unique evacuation will be done before the school day

officially starts for our students. Students will be evacuated before entering the school building.

Friday, December 17th at 2:10 pm. This evacuation will be done during the specials transition

period. This scenario will require all teachers to evacuate all students to the designated fire drill

checkpoint.

Thursday, January 27th at 11:15 am. Evacuation will be done during 1st-2nd grade lunch. The 1st-

2nd grade will evacuate through the cafeteria. All other grade levels will follow normal

procedures.

Tuesday, February 14th at 8:30 am. Evacuation will be done during breakfast time. Students will

be in transition from the cafeteria to their homeroom classrooms. Teachers will need to monitor

hallways.

Monday, March 21st at 1:45 pm. Evacuation will be done during Elevate Phoenix block. Students
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and Elevate Phoenix members will evacuate using routine procedures. Members will stay with

the designated class.

Thursday, April 28th at 2:45 pm. Evacuation will be done during the 6th-8th-transition period. All

students will be evacuated through the middle school wing. Teachers will monitor the hallways.

Wednesday, May 9th at 9:30 am. Evacuation will be done during the first-period reading block.

The south wing will be blocked, requiring kindergarten-2nd grade to use an alternate route such as

the cafeteria or side building doors.

Quarterly Lockdown Drills

Tuesday, September 7th at 9:00 am. Simulation: Active shooter drill. An unidentified man enters

the school building claiming to have an armed weapon. (Principal will walk through hallways

shaking door handles and kicking doors).

Monday, December 13th at 1:15 pm. Simulation: Armed robbery is reported in the area.

Thursday, February 24th at 2:45 pm. Simulation: Unidentified man is spotted walking around the

outside of the school building.

Wednesday, May 4th at 10:45 am. Simulation: The student reports that another student has

brought an armed weapon into the building.

One Full Evacuation

All students will be evacuated to Cesar Chavez Park, located half a mile southwest of the

school. Students will be separated by their grade-level. Parents will be notified once the proper

headcount has been complete. Under the supervision of our teachers, office staff, and

paraprofessionals, students will wait until school transportation arrives. Students will then be
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picked up and brought home from this location.

Training For Teachers

Prior to the start of the school year, teachers will complete professional development on

all school procedures and safety protocols. Teachers will also be given their classroom lockdown

kit, fire drill backpack, and manuals. All teachers will be required to pass a protocol and safety

quiz. Teachers will also have access to our lockdown Google Drive form. As staff, we will also

discuss any procedures that need to be revisited or adjusted.

Revisiting/Debriefing

To debrief and review the drills that happened, the leadership team will meet. The team

will discuss all the various aspects of the drill. The needs that need to be done the same and what

needs to be done differently will be decided. Upon completion of the review, the leadership team

will collect the data, and the faculty and staff will be sent a report. At their weekly team meeting,

the teachers will be asked to go through the results, along with any modifications that need to be

made.

Rational

The development of our safety calendar was aligned with our school's mission and vision.

Along with other members of the leadership team, the safety calendar was developed to uphold

all state requirements regarding policies and procedures. The drills were distributed in a way that

was indicative of various situations, times, and periods in the year. However, the calendar will

not be shared with faculty to obtain realistic data and evaluation. We had to consider many

logistical, legal, and moral problems in the implementation of the evacuation plan. In the off-

campus student campaign, the legal issues were raised, while the logistical difficulties came into
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play with how the students will be transferred. Finally, the moral dilemma is raised because we

are waiting to inform parents that an evacuation has been carried out and where to.