FILE: EBB
SAFETY PROGRAM
Employee, student, or visitor accidents are undesirable, unplanned occurrences which cannot always be prevented and which could result in bodily harm, loss of time, expensive legal action, property damage, needless cost, and personal pain and suffering. The staff shall consider safety in the administration of facilities and programs.
As part of the safety program, the DeSoto Parish School Board shall require regular inspections of the buildings and grounds of each school, by the principal or the building administrator at non-school sites. Quarterly inspections, documented in writing, concerning the condition of all buildings within the system in terms of student, employee, and public care and safety shall be submitted by the principal or building administrator to the Superintendent or his/her designee.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Supervisors and school administrators shall acquaint each employee under their charge with the school emergency preparedness guidelines and their area of responsibility in the event of emergency. They should supervise, implement and evaluate all on-going disaster preparedness programs for the school or department.
Faculty members shall provide students with instructions in the area of disaster preparedness and participate in disaster preparedness training programs.
Every school should have a well-stocked first aid kit and one or more individuals responsible for it.
Principals and supervisors shall have readily available the phone numbers of the fire department, police department, ambulance service, all bus drivers and substitute drivers.
RECORDKEEPING
Records of injuries are essential to an efficient and successful loss control program. They provide a means for gauging frequency and severity areas of operation for providing information concerning the cause of loss. Therefore, the DeSoto Parish School Board shall require adequate accident and safety records shall be prepared and maintained.
Approved: November, 2003
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:81, 22:16, 23:1021, 23:1291, 40:1578.6
Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, Bulletin 741, Louisiana Department of Education
DeSoto Parish School Board