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SAFETY PROGRAM
Accidents are undesirable, unplanned occurrences that can result in adverse 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 reasonable 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.
Safety practice will also be considered a component 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 bear 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 responsibility.
LEGAL REF.: M.G.L. c.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
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