Onslow County Learning Center EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

PO Box 158

941 Hwy 172

Hubert, NC 28539

Onslow County Learning Center

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CRISIS RESPONSE PLAN Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

~E.F. Schumer

Safe School Crisis Intervention Plan

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The Onslow County learning Center is committed to providing a safe and secure

environment for students and employees. The Safe School Plan along with the Crisis

Intervention Plan, is designed to assist the school staff in preparing for emergencies,

managing emergency response efforts, and maintaining a safe school environment. These

guidelines are designed to handle routine day to day classroom and school situations while

the Crisis Intervention Plan is designed to handle serious problems involving outside

agencies.

The goal of the RESPONSE/ACTIONS/SAFETY section of the Safe School Plan is to provide

direction for school staff in handling and avoiding harmful situations during the school day.

The Onslow County Learning Center recognizes that each school community has unique

needs and resources that must be addressed to enhance the Safe School Plan. School

staff will review the Safe School Plan annually.

A comprehensive Safe School Plan requires an assessment and identification of security

needs as the first phase of planning.

1st Priority Preserve Lives and Prevent Injuries

2nd Priority Notify school/local police

IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY:

Police, Fire, Paramedic, Toxic Spill 911

NON-EMERGENCY CONTACT

Principal or Assistant Principal 910-326-2305 EXT 40001/40011

School Resource Officer 910-326-2305

Onslow County Sheriff 910-455-3113

Information to have when calling Emergency Services

• Identify yourself as calling from OCLC

• Address: 941 Highway 172 in Hubert. Located at corner of Bear Creek

Road and Highway 172.

• Identify the nature of emergency or help required

• Contact OCS Central Office with information regarding the emergency or

help required

• Site Phone Number 910-326-2305

• Principal Emergency Number 910-388-6618


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*Note: In the case of a district wide emergency, whereby phone

communications become unusable to impractical, the school district will

attempt to send information via the following sources:

• Local Media

• Email

• School website

• District Social Media accounts & Website

ONSLOW COUNTY SCHOOLS DISTRICT CONTACTS

PERSON/AGENCY PHONE NUMBER EMAIL

Superintendent

Dr. Barry Collins

910-455-3027

[email protected]

Student Services

Dr. Brendan Gartner

910-455-0459

[email protected]

Safety & Security

Dusty Rhodes

910-989-2301

[email protected]

School Maintenance

Dusty Oliver

910-455-0189

[email protected]

Bus Transportation

Mike Henderson

910-989-2130

[email protected]

Poison Control

Center

1-800-432-6866

Onslow Sheriffs

Dept.

910-455-3113

Child Protective

Services

910-938-5533


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SAFE SCHOOLS MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

SCHOOL SITE PERSONNEL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

In the event of a major disaster, there is no guarantee that emergency medical or fire

personnel will be able to immediately respond to school sites. Therefore, the school staff

must be prepared to ensure the care and safety of students during the first several hours

after a major disaster without outside assistance. For actions during a specific and

significant emergency, please refer to the OCLC Crisis Intervention Plan.

It is critical to determine who does what, where and how prior to emergent situations that

occur on school grounds as well as to establish procedures to minimize the severity of the

situation.

Onslow County Learning Center School Crisis Response Team

Felecia Walton, Director

Jill Mastin, Assistant Director

Devon Holson, Safety Committee Coordinator

Felix Colon, Security Officer

Robert Rodriguez, Guidance Counselor

Twila Johnson, School Social Worker

Samuel Hewitt, Covid Coordinator

Nicole Noroian, Teacher

Deputy Michael Curlee, School Resource Officer

Michelle Ashley, Financial Secretary

1. OCLC Crisis Response Team is composed of the members listed above.

2. The team, or the School Resource Officer, is responsible for notifying Emergency

911.

3. The Crisis Response Team is the liaison between the school site and the Central

Office, Onslow County Schools, and maintains communication with appropriate

central office staff and/or local law enforcement agencies, fire department, and

medical assistance agencies.


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4. The team reviews and initiates update of the site-level plan, with attention to the

unique characteristics of the site.

5. The team posts and regularly updates Emergency School Site Administrative

Stations, emergency phone numbers, emergency first aid and chemical

inventory lists.

6. The team plans alternate classroom evacuation routes if standard routes are

obstructed.

7. The team establishes a communications system consisting of the following

elements:

a. Use of a system of specific disaster warning signals that are well known to

staff and students, to include both bell and voice signals.

b. Use of the Sielox system for written communication with staff in the event of

a lockdown/intruder event or any event in which voice-to-voice

communication is not available.

c. Designate and enforce exclusive use of a telephone line and number to be

used only by the principal and superintendent.

d. Establish an Information Center in a location accessible to parents,

interested community members, and media to handle inquiries, rumor

control, and information in an orderly fashion.

8. It is the function of the team to ensure that teachers are trained to carry out

responsibilities during disaster and drill procedures. The team encourages

teachers to work in sub-teams through a buddy system.

9. The team ensures that other personnel who provide services to students and

staff are aware of emergency procedures.

✓ Remains highly visible

✓ Addresses media

✓ Contacts superintendent

✓ Sets tone and direction


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✓ Patrol entrances to direct emergency personnel, parents, district staff, and media to

appropriate areas.

✓ Establish/coordinate a Communications Center

✓ Supervise student release procedures

✓ Administer First Aid

✓ Work with emergency medical triage teams to identify injured students and staff

and to record ambulance destinations.

✓ Ensures that all school site Safety Team members know where utility shut-off valves

are located.

✓ Schedules regular emergency drills and review the emergency plans with staff,

students, and parents.

✓ Monitor/Supervise outside areas, classrooms, and trailers to maintain a safe and

secure environment.

✓ Monitor student and staff movement

✓ Ensure areas are secure as needed

✓ Assist emergency personnel and staff as needed

✓ Provide counseling for students

✓ Plan logistics of counseling

✓ Coordinate all counseling activities

✓ Communicate with faculty

✓ Seek assistance from district leadership and/or other schools

✓ Provide information to parents

✓ Announce events to students ✓ Create activities to reduce impact of trauma ✓ Identify students in need of counseling ✓ Provide guidance to students ✓ Reinforce safety rules and drill procedures ✓ Log in and monitor Sielox Communication System


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STUDENT AND STAFF PERSONAL SAFETY & SECURITY

Student and staff safety start when entering the school area. The second part of the

School Safety plan outlines safe protocols and procedures to follow during the school day.

Safety conscious staff and students can help prevent the need for response by being

proactive and prepared for incidents that may escalate to emergent situations.

SCHOOL STAFF

Working Hours

Staff working hours are established from 7:00 am until 6 pm. The Lead Custodian will

open the building at 7:00 am. Staff will not be permitted prior to 6:45 am and until after

grounds and buildings have been checked and secured. A member of the custodial staff

will close and secure the campus at 6:00 pm at which time all staff members will depart

unless prior arrangements have been made with administration. Staff and faculty hours

are 7:30 am – 3:30 pm daily.

Key Control

Keys are issued to each staff members for their assigned classrooms and all locked

furnishings and/or equipment assigned to the classroom. Keys are logged by Financial

Secretary/Receptionist. Director/Assistant Director will be notified immediately of any lost

keys. The following personnel will have master keys to the building:

➢ Director

➢ Assistant Director

➢ Custodial staff

➢ Security Officer

➢ Safety Team Lead

➢ Financial Secretary

Buzzer/Video System

Buzzer system with video capabilities has been installed on the entrance of the school’s

front office door. Only when person is identified/verified through the door buzzer camera,

front office staff will allow visitor access to the building.

Sielox CLASS (Crisis Lockdown Alert Status System)


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Each faculty member has the Sielox CLASS installed onto their laptop. A map of the

campus is displayed in the system with the ability to mark safe or unsafe. It is also used

as a communicative tool to notify administration of the status of the classroom in an event

of a lockdown and all communication systems are quieted.

Student Safety Procedures

Procedures for safe student arrival and departure

• All staff and SRO are assigned to monitor student arrival and departure

• Separate areas are designated for parent transportation and buses

Written Policy Regarding Possession of Electronic Items by Students

The schools have a written policy that addresses the prohibition or possession of non-

instructional use of cell phones, smart watches, Bluetooth capable earbuds, and any other

device that has internet capabilities on school property or on buses. OCLC Student

Handbook provides students and parents with the school procedures regarding electrical

devices of all types. Parent signature is required to acknowledge the school’s electronic

device policy.

Serious Injury

The First Responder, highly trained in CPR and First Aid is the first point of contact in the

event a student is seriously injured. The Director or the Assistant Director (in Directors

absence) is notified of the injury. If it is deemed that additional Emergency Services or the

school nurse from the nearby school are needed to help assess the injury, they will be

notified as well as Onslow County Schools District Leadership will be notified through our

email process called “Incident Report”.

In all cases following a student injury, whether it is considered minor or serious, parents

are notified immediately.

District Incident Response Team

To maximize the effectiveness of the Safe School Plan, a team of Onslow County Schools

District personnel has been identified to act as the School Incident Response Team in the

case of school emergencies. The School Incident Response Team includes key personnel

knowledgeable of school procedures, campus layout, location of emergency equipment,

etc. The District Response Team is made up of the following individuals:

➢ School Resource Officer/Local Law Enforcement

➢ Facilities Management

➢ Risk Management

➢ Community Relations Officer

➢ Director of Safety and Security

➢ Financial Secretary


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Procedures for Personal Safety and Security

The Safety Team regularly trains staff to recognize when police intervention is required.

School Resource Officers and local law enforcement become primarily responsible for

enforcing the law and will insist on final decision making in all matters involving their

sworn obligations. The Safety Team will:

• Train staff in procedures to follow in situations involving safety and security

of the campus.

• Practice the response plans to assure that the plan is comprehensive and to

identify any points of weakness in the plan

• Review the plan regularly

• Conduct drills as regulated by law

• Train new staff members on the use of the Sielox CLASS System used in

intruder/lockdown emergency

Chemical Storage. All containers must be labeled as to their contents. No chemicals,

which include cleaning supplies, should be brought on property without approval from the

Director. The Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for any chemical should be forwarded to

Central Office Maintenance and/or Risk Management. Proper chemical hazard signs

should be displayed on outside of buildings that contain chemicals.

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). The custodial department ensures that all MSDS

sheets are filed and placed in a binder that is accessible in the event of an evacuation to

the responding emergency service.

Chemical Spills. In case of a chemical spill, the following procedures apply:

✓ RENDER FIRST AID.

✓ CONTAIN OR NEUTRALIZE THE SPILL.

✓ FOLLOW EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN IF NECESSARY

✓ CALL DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE and/or DIRECTOR OF SAFETY & SECURITY to

report spill in case of it needs to clean by an outside contractor.

The steps should be followed below:

• Designated staff will go on duty in the assigned areas.

• Security Officer will assist the traffic in front of the building.

• Teachers will remain with students.

• Support staff will assist in the office answering the phones, calling parents,

delivering messages and monitoring bus arrivals.

• Students will remain in the designated areas until notified of their bus or

personal transportation arrives.

Staff Training & Certifications for Emergency Situations


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Emergency Training. Each staff member is trained every year through Onslow County Safe

Schools Program on the following 3 areas.

Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure OSHA guidelines & Universal Precautions

Safe Cleanup & Disposal

Concussion Awareness

Health Emergencies

Asthma

Life Threatening Allergies

Seizures

Diabetes

Roster and certification dates are maintained by the school receptionist.

First Aid Kits are located in the front office. Each teacher Grab and Go bag is equipped

with latex gloves, wipes, hand sanitizer and gauze.


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. Fire alarms are not connected to Fire Department or Local Law

Enforcement. 911 must be called in the event of an actual or suspected fire. The Safety

Team Lead will conduct fire drills as mandated by state code and guidelines and maintain

the “School Fire Drill Record”. Maps of the campus are posted in each classroom and the

evacuation route each room should take is indicated with arrows.

INITIATION: The fire alarm will sound

➢ Students and Staff will exit the building using the exit plan denoted on the fire

evacuation plan.

➢ If designated exit is blocked, staff will escort students to nearest alternate exit.

➢ Close all classroom doors and turn off lights when leaving the room. Close windows

if time allows. Teachers will take Grab and Go bag and class roster with them.

Students should not take coats or personal possessions. Classroom doors should

be left unlocked.

➢ Students will walk calmly to the basketball court and remain in a straight-line once

student reach the court.

➢ Teachers will take attendance and hold up Green Cards if all students are

accounted for. If a student is missing or if a teacher needs assistance or direction

the teacher will hold up a Red Card.

➢ Stay in place until Ms. Walton makes the “All Clear” announcement.


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Some emergency situations may require sheltering in place rather than

an evacuation. Sheltering in Place is the use of any classroom or office for providing

temporary shelter from a hazardous material release, chemical release, pipeline rupture,

nearby police/military action, or weather emergency. There are 3 designated areas on

campus as Shelter-In-Place; CTE/Art Building, English/Social Studies Building and Rm 04

located in the breezeway. Each of the Shelter-In-Place approved areas are indicated by the

Shelter-In-Place symbol.

INITIATION: Administration will make an announcement to “Shelter In Place”.

➢ Close all windows, lock the doors, turn off lights and computers.

➢ All classes will move from the trailers to the nearest designated Shelter-In-Place

area, CTE/Art Building.

➢ Once everyone is inside the shelter in place areas, all exterior doors will be secured.

➢ Shut off all ventilation systems which include air conditioners, furnaces, and any

other fans that draw outside air into the building. If necessary, seal windows and

doors with tape.

➢ Teacher should have “Grab and Go” bag and class roster.

➢ Conduct an accountability check of students and staff. Notify office immediately if

someone is unaccounted for.

➢ Remain in the shelter, in place; DO NOT LEAVE until administration makes an

announcement.


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INITIATION: Tornado Alarm will sound

➢ Close classroom doors to keep debris out of interior room and hallway shelter areas.

➢ Students will move from trailers into the CTE/Art Building Rm 11 and 12.

➢ Teachers stationed at the front end of the hallways will close the fire doors.

➢ Students will assume the tornado protection “drop and tuck” position. Kneeling or

crouching on your knees and elbows, with the head between the knees and hands

clasped over the back of the head.

➢ Stay away from windows and large open rooms like gyms and auditoriums.

➢ Move all staff and campus visitors to shelter areas.

➢ Keep students assembled in an orderly manner. Remain in shelter area until

warning expires or emergency personnel has issued an all-clear signal.


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Exercise necessary physical restraints to stop the incidents.

Notify an administrator/SRO/Security Officer of any threat.

Provide first aid if necessary and if bodily fluids are present follow Blood Borne

Pathogen Procedures.

School Administration and/or SRO should conduct a preliminary interview with the

student.

Document all actions taken, noting the names of those involved and the date

actions were taken.

Injury of a student or staff member must be reported to administration and followed

up with a student accident report or workers compensation form.

If any staff member is unable to calm an out of control student, contact

administration/SRO/Security Officer.

Safety and security of all personnel involved is the key and should determine how to

proceed. Depending on the situation, either remove the other students from the

class or remove the student from the class by reasonable force if necessary, with

available adults.

If further assistance is needed, support personnel such as the counselors,

psychologists and or social worker can be requested to talk to the student to calm

student down.

If student is unable to be calmed down and is a danger to self or others, notify Law

Enforcement/SRO.

If student has been removed from the scene, place the student in a secure,

secluded, monitored room.

Investigate the incident.

Parent is notified and asked to assist if student continues to be aggressive and

beyond our control.


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• Call 911, OCS Director of Transportation, Superintendent, Assigned School, Public

Information Officer.

• Director or designee should take several copies of the bus roster to the scene of an

accident. One copy should be given to the investigating Law Enforcement Officer.

• Emergency Medical Services should ALWAYS be call, no matter how minor the

incident.

• Assessment of injuries should only be done by EMS workers NOT AN OCS

EMPLOYEE.

• Dispatch a school administrator or faculty member to the hospital(s) where

students have been transported.

• If any school bus accident where injuries occur, all parents of students on that bus

should be notified of the accident by letter.

• For students who have been transported to the hospital(s): Notify parent of accident

and hospital where student was taken. Advise what faculty member is present

there.


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INITIATION: Announcement by Administration “Lockdown, Lockdown, Lockdown”

Safety/Security should be notified of drill 24 hrs. in advance & when in progress

• Move all students, staff and identified visitors into the nearest classroom, office, or

secure room.

• Lock all interior and exterior doors and turn off the lights.

• Move students away from windows and doors.

• Have students crouch down and remain quiet. Students who are physically unable to

crouch down may use a low chair.

• Moveable furniture can be used as a buffer between students and doors/windows.

• Once students are secure access Seilox and notify administration of your status.

GREEN COLOR CODE - Classroom is safe & all students are accounted for

RED COLOR CODE - EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED ASAP

NO COLOR CODE - POSSIBLE EMERGENCY

If the LOCKDOWN occurs during lunch or change of classes, please assist to ensure the

following takes place:

CAFETERIA

Students in the cafeteria will remain in cafeteria. The cafeteria doors are to be shut and

students should be moved away from the windows. Students will then move to the shelter

in place area in the cafeteria (storage room).

CLASS CHANGE

Students should immediately be directed to the nearest classroom. Once the classroom

has been secured, the teacher should record the names of all students in his or her room

and continue to follow lockdown procedures.

**Utilize Seilox to communicate with front office and administration during

lockdown/intruder, do not use the two-way radios**

If staff members are in their personal vehicle leaving or coming on campus and they hear a

lockdown drill: Remain in your car and get your head as low as possible.

CONTACT OCS SAFETY & SECURITY ASAP

Dusty Rhodes 910-389-6379

Rhonda Griffin 910-330-2291

Send incident email immediately

During an accidental alarm, staff will attempt to contact school and administrators.

If NO CONTACT is made within 5 MINUTES, Law Enforcement will be contacted to respond.


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➢ All students and staff members must answer the District approved COVID Screening

Questions and have their temperatures taken upon arrival to campus.

➢ Anyone coming onto campus must wear a mask.

➢ During the screening process it is found that a student/staff member has answered

yes to any of the screening questions or has a temperature above 101 F students

will be quarantined in the COVID Isolation area or staff member will be sent home

immediately.

➢ Student and/or staff member may only return to campus when accompanied by a

signed statement from a doctor that they do not pose any risk to infecting others

with the COVID-19 virus.


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Documents

Onslow County Learning Center EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS