Emergency Procedures

 

Before an Emergency

  • Choose Emergency Contacts: Make sure that your school forms indicate anyone you want to be able to pick up your child in an emergency (friends, family, neighbors, etc.). No one, not even a relative or a babysitter, will be allowed to pick-up your child unless they are listed on the student’s white emergency card. Ensure that this person is likely to be local… write down both spouses if you choose a couple
  • Inform Emergency Contacts: Make sure that you inform these contacts that they are authorized to pick up your child
  • Special Medical Conditions: If your child has any special medical conditions, get a Medic Alert bracelet for them to wear at ALL times: http://www.medicalert.org
  • Phone Numbers with Child: Ensure that your child has your family’s emergency numbers in their backpack and if old enough, has memorized 1 or 2 key phone numbers, perhaps including an out-of-town relative

 

In an Emergency

  • Volunteering on Campus: If you are on campus, help the teacher get the children onto the blacktop and then report to the Volunteer Table
  • Information: Tune into 530 (KNUT) on the AM dial on your radio
    • Procedure to Pick Up Your Child from School:
    • Come to school as soon as possible to retrieve your child
    • Park away from the exits (not in the parking lot)
    • Go to the Student Check-Out Table behind the library near the flagpole to sign out your child
  • Emergency Updates: If you are far away and desperately need an update, you can call the Attendance line at 650-943-4240 (not the main or class room numbers) and if power and access are available, a general update will be recorded on the line

 

What Not to Do in an Emergency

  • Do NOT call the main school number or classroom numbers
  • Do NOT park in the school parking lot which may block emergency vehicles
  • Do NOT attempt to retrieve your child without checking him or her out at the Student Checkout Table
  • Do NOT go onto the field or blacktop

 

Wallet Sized Summary

This printable version of the Emergency Procedures contains a summary designed to be cut out and kept in parent and caregiver’s wallets.

 

Questions? Contact: Tracy Weatherby 650-965-1050
PTA Emergency Preparedness Chair