Emergency Protocol
Staff & Student Safety
Creating a safer school climate for our staff and students is our top priority. A critical ingredient in creating a safer school environment is classroom response to an incident at school. Weather events, fire, accidents, intruders, and other threats to student safety are scenarios that are planned and trained for by students, teachers, staff, and administration, in partnership with our first responders.
The Chisago Lakes School District, in collaboration with the Lakes Area Police Department (LAPD), has implemented the I Love U Guys Foundation Standard Response Protocol (SRP).
The “I Love U Guys” Foundation’s programs for crisis response and post-crisis reunification are used in more than 50,000 schools, districts, departments, agencies, organizations and communities around the world. They are created through the research-based best practices of school administrators, psychologists, public space safety experts, families, and first responders. We’re a powerful conduit uniting this work.
To learn more about the I Love U Guys Foundation, click here.
Standard Response Protocol (SRP)
The SRP is not based on one individual possible scenario but on the response to any given scenario. One large benefit of the SRP is the standard language used by all responders; this includes students, parents, staff, and first responders. The protocol also allows for a predictable series of actions as an event unfolds.
The SRP is based upon five actions: HOLD, SECURE, LOCKDOWN, EVACUATE, AND SHELTER. Each has specific staff and student directives that are unique to the action.
During any of the scenarios listed above, we ask that you do not call or go to the school. Doing so could put you or others in danger. Do not call or text the student’s cell phone. This may put them in danger. The District will communicate with you once we have more information to share.
Reliable information and updates can be viewed on the school and District webpages.
If further action is needed on the part of parents and guardians, the District will communicate that information with instructions through email, phone calls and the District webpage.