5860 - STUDENT SAFETY
The objectives of safety instruction in the District include:
learning how to practice safety and to prevent accidents;
learning how to care for tools and equipment so as to reduce the possibility of accidents;
developing habits of good housekeeping, proper storage and handling of materials and sanitation;
becoming familiar with personal protection devices and the proper clothing to be worn for safety purposes;
developing skills in the safe use of tools and equipment;
learning how to cooperate with others in the promotion and operation of a safety program in the school, on school vehicles and to and from school.
Instruction in courses in industrial arts, science, homemaking, art, physical education, health and safety includes and emphasizes safety and accident prevention.
Safety instruction precedes the use of materials and equipment by students in applicable units of work in the courses listed above and instructors teach and enforce all safety rules set up for the particular courses. These include the wearing of protective eye devices in appropriate activities.
Teachers instruct students not to accept gifts or automobile rides from strangers. The students are also instructed to tell the teachers, their parents, police or school patrols of any suspicious strangers.
The Board provides for instruction in personal safety and assault prevention in grades kindergarten through six. Upon the written request of a parent, a student shall be excused from taking such instruction.
Buildings are inspected annually to detect and remedy health and safety hazards. The Superintendent is authorized and directed to develop appropriate means for the implementation of this policy.