Five years ago, our school began meeting regularly with members of the Town of Salisbury Police, Fire and Emergency Management staff. We developed “emergency response plans” to help us determine in advance how to manage emergencies. The goal of this committee was to strengthen school safety and security on the entire Salisbury Elementary School campus. This committee meets monthly to determine how a core team of our staff will work with police, fire and emergency management personnel to manage and respond to a variety of school emergencies.

Members of the Salisbury Elementary School “School Safety Committee” have continued to meet monthly. We have implemented many new safety and security procedures at our school:

Our school district has expanded our communication network capabilities throughout our school campus and within our regional school district to increase inter-operability to rapidly respond to a school emergency.

Access Control – All after school and evening use of our school building is coordinated through a building use process. Unless there is a specific prescheduled program, our school building is locked during evening and weekend hours to prevent any unauthorized access.

Building Access – Our Main Entrances are monitored during school hours. All other outside perimeter doors are kept locked during school hours to prevent unauthorized entry into our school building. Outside perimeter doors are regularly checked throughout the school day and after hours to make sure they are not left open.

Identification Badges – All Triton staff have employee identification badges. In addition, school volunteers, substitute teachers and contract service providers are issued visitor badges. All visitors are directed to the main entrance where they sign in and receive their badge. School staff have been instructed to report anyone in the school building who does not follow these procedures.

Safety Drills - The District is following the iloveuguys Standard Response Protocols and we have received training in these protocols.  The safety of your child and all children in our schools, as well as the safety of the school staff and support personnel is very important to us.  In order to maintain a safe environment for our children to learn and grow, it is necessary that we practice our emergency response protocols by having drills to exercise our procedures.  By practicing, we will know what to do and how to do it.