Emergency Procedures
Skylert Procedures
Purpose: This procedure establishes the criteria for which automated mass calls, text messages and emails are made to parents and the community.
Definitions:
General – An automated email, text message and call that is sent to parents’ and staffs’ primary contact information. It will be sent to the primary email address and primary phone number as identified in Skyward.
Emergency – An automated email, text message and call that is sent to all contact information on file for parents and staff. The automated message will be sent to the primary, secondary, tertiary, and all other email addresses and phone numbers identified in Skyward.
Unplanned – A deviation from a previously published schedule. For example, if school is normally scheduled to run as a full day, but is dismissed early due to the anticipation that a weather event will make travel unsafe. Or, a bus experiences mechanical problems and is delayed on its normally scheduled route.
| General | Emergency |
| Concert announcement | School closed – unplanned |
| Play/drama announcement | School delayed opening – unplanned |
| Athletic event announcement | School early dismissal – unplanned |
| Open house announcement | School late dismissal – unplanned |
| Automated attendance notices | Transportation delay – unplanned |
| Notification of marking period end | Lockdown/Lockout* |
| Due date reminders | Building evacuation |
| Food service outstanding balances | Safety threat - other |
| All other announcements and reminders |
*Lockout – All exterior doors are locked and no one exits or enters the building. School proceeds as usual inside the building.
Lockdown – Staff lock classroom doors, turn out lights, move students away from sightlines, and maintain silence.