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Safe School Plan ContinuedAssessment by Safety ExpertDuring the 2003-04 school year, our District employed a safety expert, Eric Gunn. Mr. Gunncompleted both an individual Vulnerability Assessment for our School and made general safetyrecommendations applicable to all District schools. Based upon the Vulnerability Assessment Mr.Gunn completed for our School, we have completed the following.Based upon Mr. Gunn’s written report completed August 2004 and entitled GeneralRecommendations for Continued School Safety, our School has adopted the following generalrecommendations to improve school safety1. Use the same contact point, i.e., 911, for all emergencies.2. All school gates are locked unless the gate is in immediate use. When a gate is being used,an employee is assigned to monitor entry and exit to ensure adequate school perimetercontrol.3. Our School follows the steps outlined in the District’s Homeland Security Advisory: SchoolSite Responses consistent with the code levels established by the U.S. Department ofHomeland Security.4. Our School has adopted consistent methods for communications (alert, notice, feedback, andtimeframes) through this plan, Safety Procedures, Safety Checklists, and by completing theEmergency Information section of this Safety Plan.5. Our School has adopted the Incident Command System designating functions, persons,operations, and standardized procedures to better communicate, mitigate, respond andrecover from an emergency or crisis.6. Our School complies with District policy. Unless the District so assigns a person, theprincipal or designee will assign our School’s primary media contact to whom all mediainquiries will be routed and to whom communication will occur during a disturbance or crisissituation.7. Our School requires all visitors to the campus to register before entering the school campusand to check out before leaving the campus. For the duration of the visit, all visitors wear avisible means of identification (badge, sticker, nametag) provided by the school for visitswhile on school premises. Employees direct visitors without identification directly to theoffice.8. Our School uses standard “plain language” emergency terms (i.e., Lock Down, Shelter inPlace, Evacuation).9. In the “Emergency Information” section of this Safety Plan, we have identified the lawenforcement entity serving our School.37