Shelby County Board of Education
Return to Index

6401



STUDENT SAFETY



The safety of students shall be assured through close supervision of students in all school buildings and grounds and through special attention to the following:

  1. Maintaining a safe school environment (safety experts shall be called in periodically to inspect the physical condition of all buildings and grounds).

  2. Observation of safe practices on the part of school personnel and students, particularly in those areas of instruction or extracurricular activities which offer special hazards.

  3. Offering safety education to students as germane to particular subjects, such as laboratory courses in science, shop courses, and health and physical education.

  4. Providing first aid care for students in case of accident or sudden illness.

In addition to the above safety measures, school personnel shall be constantly on the lookout for suspicious strangers loitering in or near school buildings or seated in parked automobiles nearby. The principal shall notify the police if the circumstances seem to warrant it.

Teachers shall instruct students not to accept gifts or automobile rides from strangers. Students will also be instructed to tell the teachers, their parents, police, or school patrols of any suspicious strangers.




Adopted 02/24/77
Edited (Effective August, 2000)