Before an Emergency

Ö      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

Ö      Inform Emergency Contacts: Make sure that you inform these contacts that they are authorized to pick up your child

Ö    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

Ö     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

Ö      Volunteering on Campus: If you are on campus, help the teacher get the children onto the blacktop and then report to the Volunteer Table

Ö       Information: Tune into 530 (KNUT) on the AM dial on your radio

Ö       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

Ö       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

Æ     Do NOT call the main school number or classroom numbers

Æ     Do NOT park in the school parking lot which may block emergency vehicles

Æ     Do NOT attempt to retrieve your child without checking him or her out at the Student Checkout Table

Æ     Do NOT go onto the field or blacktop

This brief summary is designed to be cut out and kept in parent and caregiver’s wallets.

Springer Emergency Procedures

¨ Tune into 530 (KNUT) on your AM dial

¨ Come to school as soon as possible to retrieve your child

¨ Park away from the exits (not in the parking lot)

¨ Sign your child out at the Check-Out Table behind the Library

¨ Do NOT call the school or park in the school parking lot

¨ If desperately required, call Attendance line, 650-943-4240 for a recorded update

Questions?  Contact:

Tracy Weatherby  650-965-1050
PTA Emergency Preparedness Chair