If there is an emergency or disaster on a school day, the following rules apply:

During School Hours:

• Your child will be kept AT SCHOOL unless it is unsafe.
• Your child will be released ONLY to persons listed on your school emergency card.  Anyone attempting to pick up your child will be asked for identification.
• Your child will be taken to the nearest safe location should it be necessary to evacuate the school.  Listen to the following Emergency Broadcast Station to determine this location:  1620 AM

Going to and from School:

• Your child is to continue on his/her way to school if he/she is already going to school.
• If your child rides the bus, the bus driver will go to the nearest school that is safe and remain with the students. The school administrator or his/her designee will then take the responsibility for the students and their safety.
• Your child is to continue on his/her way home if he/she is already going home.

In order to pick up your children in the aftermath of any disaster:

• Remain Calm.
• Do not call the school telephone system.
• Go to the “Student Release Gate” on Avon Street near Room 21.  You will receive the “Student Request/Release” form.  Complete the “request” portion and return to school officials.  Be prepared to show a picture ID.
• Upon completing the request form you will be instructed to proceed to the “Reunion Gate” on Avon Street near the Log Cabin.  You will be asked to sign the “release” portion once your child has arrived at the reunion gate.
• Children are released only to parents or adults listed on the Emergency Authorization Card.
• While the release procedures may feel long and involved to all of us, we must insure the safety of all students!
• In the event of a disaster (civil defense, fire, earthquake), students will be supervised in designated areas until transportation can be arranged or until students are picked up by their parents.
• In case of danger on the schoolyard (wild animals, civil strife, etc.), the students will be kept in the classrooms until the school grounds are safe.
• In case of danger in the buildings (fire, gas leak, etc.), the students will leave the buildings and line up on the school ground assembly area.
• It is extremely important that parents keep all their emergency telephone numbers and contact names current with the Stevenson school office.  Please call (818) 558-5522 whenever you move or change emergency information for your children.

By Miss Ginnetti