FILE:  JGF

 

STUDENT SAFETY

 

 

The East Feliciana Parish School Board recognizes the safety of every student is to be a matter of concern at all times.  The safety of students shall be safeguarded through close supervision of students in all school buildings, on school grounds, and through special attention to the following:

 

Maintaining a safe school environment.

 

Observation of safe practices on the part of school personnel and students, particularly in those areas of instruction or extracurricular activities that offer special hazards.

 

Offering safety education to students as pertains to particular subjects such as laboratory courses in science, shop courses, and health and physical education.

 

Providing preliminary first aid care for students in case of accidents or sudden illness.

 

Providing adequate supervision of playgrounds when they are used by students during school hours.

 

In addition, school personnel shall be constantly on the lookout for suspicious strangers loitering in or near school building or sitting in parked automobiles nearby.  The principal shall notify the police if the circumstances warrant such action.

 

Adopted:  May 4, 1999

 

 

Ref:   Board minutes, 10-3-78, 5-4-99

 

East Feliciana Parish School Board