Safety & Emergency

SAFETY

In order to maintain a safe and positive school environment, all parents and guardians are reminded of the following LAUSD and Frost Middle School policies:

Reasonable Suspicion and Student Population A. The purpose of these searches is to deter weapons such as guns, knives, or any other item which might cause harm or injury from being brought to schools. Therefore, metal detectors should not be used for the purpose of searching students who might be suspected of having violated other school rules. B. School administrators may conduct searches of individual students when they have reasonable suspicion to believe that the student has violated or is violating the law or a school rule. “Reasonable suspicion” includes the following: Reasonable suspicion that the search will turn up evidence of the student’s violation; the extent of the search is reasonably related to the suspected violation; and the search is not excessively intrusive considering the student’s age, gender and the nature of the violation. C. No student or persons shall be selected to be searched based solely upon their gender, race, ethnicity, physical appearance, manner of dress, or association with any particular group of persons.

Random Locker Searches: In addition, also mandated in the same policy, our school is required to randomly conduct locker searches. These searches are conducted on a daily basis using a random selection pattern. A minimum of ten lockers are searched each day. When the lockers are searched, staff members leave a written notification in the locker informing the student and parent that the child’s locker was randomly chosen to participate in the school’s Random Locker search.

INCLEMENT WEATHER

Shelter in Place Procedures will be implemented during inclement weather.

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

All students and staff are to evacuate to the Emergency Assembly Area, the Blacktop, during an emergency. Students will remain on the school site until the administrator determines that it is safe to reunited with a parent, legal guardian, and when the administrator determines that the environment and time of day are safe to be released students to their home. It is expected to use the Request and Reunion Gates for the release of students to custodial adults. The Request Gate is located at the Parent Center and the Reunion Gate is located by Room 8/Room 11 (Music room).

• Earthquake Procedures

• Fire/Evacuation Procedures

• Shelter in Place Procedures (airborne contaminant or other outside hazard)

• Lockdown | Rapid Relocation Procedures (threat of violence or gunfire on/near campus)

are reviewed as per district guidelines and communicated with all stakeholders.

Lockdown/ Emergency communications form:

In case of an emergency, employees will communicate with the Main Office via email or phone, and by clicking this emergency form (https://forms.gle/BbdRS8FpVp2TgPzE8) to report the safety and attendance of students/adults and their location.