WAKEFIELD FOREST ES Safety Drills

Safety Drills at Wakefield Forest

Dear Parents/Guardians,

At Wakefield Forest, our number one responsibility is to ensure the safety of our students and staff at all times. We continually work with county leaders to ensure coordinated responses to potential safety concerns and we practice emergency drills on a regular basis throughout the school year.

Today, we conducted our first lockdown drill of the school year and we will have a minimum of three more. Additionally, we already conducted our first fire drills of the year. During the first month of the school year, fire drills will be conducted on a weekly basis and for the remainder of the year they will happen once a month. We will also conduct tornado drills and bus evacuation drills throughout the year.

The purpose of a lockdown is to protect against intruders in the school building. Prior to today, teachers talked to our students about the purpose and practiced the procedures to prepare them for our drill.

During a lockdown drill:
• Students stay in place with a teacher or staff member.
• Students and teachers remain in locked classrooms, unobservable from outside (lights off, window blinds closed, door windows obscured with paper).
• Students and staff members disregard fire alarms and school-wide announcements.
• No one enters or exits the school, except public safety personnel.

Our students and staff did a great job today! We are very proud of them.
 
Sincerely,
Sharyn Prindle
Principal