School Safety
The following is a guide to school safety terminology:
Shelter-in-place: Students and staff are required to remain indoors because it is safer inside the building or a room than outside (such as during a tornado or other severe weather).Hold-in-place: Movement of students and staff is temporarily limited when an internal incident arises, such as a student fight, a medical emergency or a maintenance issue. This is initiated to keep students and staff away from the affected area.
Evacuation: Students and staff are required to be moved out of a building because it is safer outside than inside (as in the case of a fire, explosion or hazardous material spill).
Lockout: The school building is secured due to an imminent concern outside of the school building, such as a bear in the vicinity of a school. Regular activities may continue inside the school.
Lockdown: Students and staff take cover, remain silent and out of view. This occurs when an incident poses an immediate threat of violence in or around the school.