EB

EB: SAFETY PROGRAM

Accidents are undesirable, unplanned occurrences that can result in tragic consequences--bodily harm, loss of school time, property dam­age, legal action, and even fatality. The School Committee will guard against such occurrences by taking every possible precaution to protect the safety of all students, employees, visitors and oth­ers present on school property or at school-sponsored events.

The Committee will comply with safety requirements established by governmental authorities and will insist that its staff adhere to recommended safety practices as these pertain, for example, to the school plant, special areas of instruction, student transportation, school sports and occupational safety.

The practice of safety will also be considered a facet of the in­structional program of the schools. Instruction will include accident preven­tion as well as fire prevention; emergency procedures; traffic, bicycle, and pedestrian safety.

The Superintendent will have overall responsibility for the safety program of the school system. It will be the responsibility of the Superintendent to see that appropriate staff members are kept in­formed of current state and local requirements relating to fire pre­vention, civil defense, sanitation, public health, and occupational safety.

Efforts directed toward the prevention of accidents will succeed on­ly to the degree that all staff members recognize that preventing accidents is a daily operational responsibility.

SOURCE: MASC

LEGAL REF.: M.G.L. 71:55C and Acts of 1985c 614 Sec 1

Board of Education 603 CMR 36:00

CROSS REFS.: EEAE, School Bus Safety Program

GBGB, Staff Personal Security and Safety

IHAM, Health Education

JLI, Student Safety

NOTE: In addition to the subcategories of code EB (all of these file locations relate to safety) there are several other places in the NEPN classification system where policies pertaining to safety may be filed, as indicated by the cross references above.

Adopted on: November 8, 2007