{"id":1599,"date":"2012-04-12T20:50:13","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T01:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2012-04-12T20:54:15","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T01:54:15","slug":"lockdown-drill-april-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/lockdown-drill-april-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown Drill April 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear parents,<\/p>\n<p>We will be having a Full Lockdown Drill on <strong>Monday April 23rd at 10:00 a.<\/strong>m.  Each school in the TDSB is to take the school through this drill twice  per year. Apart from Fire Drill Evacuation Drills, (6 per year) we need  to prepare for other levels of threat to safety, even though these are  very unlikely. Although, of course, it is impossible to prepare for  every contingency, and a true emergency situation brings its own ad hoc  situations to respond to, if students are well trained in these  procedures, we will be well prepared in the very unlikely event that an  emergency occurs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> A Full Lockdown &#8211; Internal  is used in a serious emergency situation where the danger is in the  school. Procedures minimize access and visibility, and shelter students,  staff and visitors. The doors are locked, lights are off, blinds are  down and \u00a0ALL cell phones turned off.<\/li>\n<li>A Full Lockdown &#8211; External  is used in a serious emergency situation where the danger is  immediately outside the school. The procedures in the school are similar  in terms of doors, windows, lights, phones and sheltering of students,  staff and visitors<\/li>\n<li>A Partial Lockdown  is used when a serious incident occurs in the community that poses no  immediate danger to students or staff unleass they leave the building.  In this case, normal school activities continue, with the precautions of  lights off and blinds closed to prevent visibility from outside.<\/li>\n<li>An Environmental Lockdown,  like the one we had in the fall when there was a gas leak on  Castlefield, is similar to a partial lockdown, and is often referred to  as a &#8220;Shelter in Place&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In all these cases, Police and  Emergency Personnel are involved, and any communication that takes place  comes through them. Parents and caregivers are not able to have access  to the school during a Lockdown. Please be advised that,  accordingly, on Monday April 23rd, there will be no access to the school  from outside between 10:00 and 10:40.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers have been asked to prepare  students for the Full Lockdown Drill that will take place on the 16th  and to reassure them that it is only a practice, just like a Fire Drill.  We do not use any coded language, but the announcement over the PA will  be &#8220;This is an Emergency. The School is now in Lockdown mode.&#8221;: which  will trigger the procedures rehearsed with the staff. A reminder note  will be sent home on Thursday April 19th.<\/p>\n<p>Jennie Ucar<\/p>\n<p>Principal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear parents, We will be having a Full Lockdown Drill on Monday April 23rd at 10:00 a.m. Each school in the TDSB is to take the school through this drill twice per year. 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