School Safety

Annually the District convenes a Crisis Committee to review our safety and emergency procedures. This committee is comprised of members of the administration, buildings and grounds group, and local police and fire agencies. This group reviews procedures and makes recommendations for new procedures or improvement to existing safety procedures.

In the past year we have tried to be more proactive in preparing both school staff and students for emergencies by developing procedures for building lock downs in the case of an intruder or other emergency situations and student relocation drills to quickly and safely relocate students from their school building. These drills do improve response time and safety as was recently demonstrated by Prairieview students when a sprinkler pipe broke at school two weeks ago and the entire student body was safely and quickly moved to Lakeview within five minutes.

Next Friday as part of our safety planning and training, we will be working with the DuPage County Sheriff’s Department to conduct a lockdown simulation for all District staff members at Lakeview Junior High School. This drill will be conducted by the Sheriff and will include a pre-drill instruction period, the drill and then a de-briefing for staff members after the drill. This experience will help staff members better understand the various issues confronting them, as we try to safeguard students in the case of an intruder within the building.