Crisis Plan

 Information For Parents

 In a school emergency, your cooperation and understanding of the situation is very essential. Through each school's crisis safety plan, there are orderly procedures that will help all students. School officials need your support in their efforts to keep everyone safe. For the safety of your child and all students, it is critically important that you:

1. Remain as calm as possible.

2. DO NOT attempt to go to the school. Access routes and streets need to be clear for emergency vehicles. Traffic congestion will make emergency response much more difficult for police, ambulance. And fire departments to get to the school to deal with the emergency quickly. This is an issue of safety.

3. Remain at home or at work to make it easier for officials to contact you, if necessary. If the school sends your child home on the bus, it is vitally important that you be there to receive your child.

4. DO NOT call your child on his/her cell phone. If numerous people are using cell phones at one location, it will jam the airways, which will overload the system and could prevent emergency and school officials from using their cell phones. This would seriously hinder efforts to help students.

5. DO NOT call your child's school building as telephone lines will need to remain open to deal with the emergency. If the phone system is overloaded, it will hinder efforts to help student and to provide information.

6. Listen to the local TV and radio stations for information.

 Radio Stations

 Television Stations

 Relocation Sites

WAAV-AM 998 FM (94.1)

WGNI-FM

COAST-FM (97.3)

WHQR

WMFD

WSFM SURF-FM (107)

WZFX 99/1

WKOO-FM (98.7)

WWQQ-FM (101.3)

WZXS

WECT - Channel 6

WSFX - Channel 26

WWAY - Channel 3

 Temporary - Mike Chappell Park

Secondary Site - Carolina Beach Rec. Center

Nuclear Emergencies - Bellamy Elementary School

  What Parents Can Do

Just as the district and schools have safety plans that we review and update regularly parents need to review their emergency plans.

Be sure that updated emergency contact information is on file in your child/s school. This is particularly important if you have had a change in phone numbers.  

Be sure you know what radio/TV stations to listen to for emergency information.  

Be sure the school has the current information about your caregiver.

Be sure your child knows what to do/where to go if there is an emergency and no one is at home.

Be sure your child knows how to reach you at all times.

Be sure your child knows what to do if he/she comes home early. Should your child call you or someone else to let you know?

Make sure your school has an alternate person to contact when there is an early dismissal due to a crisis event and you cannot be reached.

If your child has lost the key to the house and can't get in, what should he/she do?

Talk to your child about personal safety.

Teach your child how to recognize danger signals.

Make sure your child knows the sound of smoke detectors, fire alarms, and sirens. Be sure your child knows what to do when he/she hears these sounds at home or in public.