In case of a declared emergency by the superintendent during school hours, when communication and transportation are not disrupted:

• All students will be required to remain at school or another safe site under the supervision of the district personnel.
• Until regular dismissal time and released only then if it is considered safe.
• Until released to an authorized by the parents or legal guardian whose name appears on the School’s Emergency Card. If students are on their way back to school, they will be brought to school if bused or they should proceed to school. If students are on the way home from school they are to continue home.

In the event of a major disaster, in which transportation and communication are rendered inoperative:

• No student will be dismissed from school unless a parent (or individual previously designated by a parent on the Emergency Card) comes for him/her.
• No student will be allowed to leave with another person, even a relative of babysitter, unless that particular person is listed on the student’s emergency form or tag in our files. With this in mind, if your student’s card or card or tag is not up-to-date, please request a new one from the school office.
• Students on buses when a major earthquake strikes will remain in the custody of the bus driver and will, if possible, be delivered to the nearest accessible school site.

All parents or designated parties who come to pick up students must park outside the school grounds.  ONLY Emergency vehicles will be allowed in the entrance to the school from Stanford Ave.  Parents should park on surrounding neighborhood streets.  All parents or designated parties must sign students out at the office or temporary, alternate Student Release Area before leaving the school.  Signs will be posted if an alternate release location is required.  Go to the release area and you will be directed to the location of the child’s class, where you will sign them out with their teacher.

Nixon is prepared to care for your student in times of critical emergency situations.  If parents or designated parties are not able to reach the school, student will be cared for at the school.  First-aid will be provided, as needed, and the school will have communication with local emergency services.

We do ask for your help in the following areas after an emergency:

• Please DO NOT CALL THE SCHOOL.  We must keep all phone lines open for emergency communications.  Turn on your radio or television to get the latest information for each school within the PAUSD.  Unless the District has been forced to evacuate Nixon School for safety, students will be sheltered at school.
• Please come to school to pick up your student and any other children for whom you are the designated Emergency Card Designee.
• Park on neighborhood streets because no parking will be allowed anywhere on campus to allow for passage of emergency vehicles.
• Report to the office or the alternative “Student Release Area” to obtain an authorization release slip required before students may be allowed to leave.
• Be sure your student is familiar with these Emergency Procedures, including their authorized designated Emergency Release people, and remind students that they must follow all directions given by school personnel in cases of emergency.

Use of emergency ID tag

• The emergency tag that you filled out for registration at the beginning of the school year will be used for identification and record purposes for your child in the event of a major emergency.
• In the event of a major emergency, the ID tag will be placed on the student for identification, treatment (if necessary), and for release records when the student is released to their parent or designated alternate.
• In the event of “minor” emergency, students will follow routine evacuation procedures; then if possible, school will be resumed.  CHILDREN WILL NOT BE SENT HOME EARLY IF AN EMERGENCY IS CONSIDERED TO BE MINOR.
• In the event of an earthquake or other major disaster (e.g. of a magnitude similar to the 1989 or 1906 earthquakes), students will follow routine emergency evacuation procedures, as outlined in the Site Emergency Plan used by each PAUSD school.  Students will be cared for at the Nixon site until you or your designated alternate can come to pick up the student.  For this reason, it is necessary for us to know the city in which you work.  The designated alternate should be someone other than a parent/guardian with legal custody, and someone who has a good to excellent chance of picking up your child during an emergency.  Designated alternates should be someone with whom you have received permission to use as an alternate, and you and the alternates should have a mutually agreed upon plan for emergency pick up of your child at Nixon that is decided at the beginning of the school year.
• A signed medical release form should be given to each designated alternate for use in securing needed medical treatment of your child.
• Because long-distance telephone lines may function when local numbers are inaccessible during an emergency, we ask all Nixon families to provide an out-of-state contact phone number that we can use during an emergency, if needed.