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SHUTESBURY SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SAFETY PROGRAM
Accidents are undesirable, unplanned occurrences that can result
in tragic consequences--bodily harm, loss of school time, property damage,
legal action, and even fatality. The School Committee will guard against
such occurrences by taking precautions to protect the safety of all students,
employees, visitors and others present on school property or at
school-sponsored events.
The Committee will comply with safety requirements established by
governmental authorities and will insist that its staff adhere to recommended
safety practices as these pertain, for example, to the school plant, special
areas of instruction, student transportation, school sports and occupational
safety.
The practice of safety will also be considered a facet of the
instructional program of the schools. Instruction will include accident
prevention as well as fire prevention; emergency procedures; traffic, bicycle,
and pedestrian safety.
The Superintendent will have overall responsibility for the safety
program of the school system. It will be the responsibility of the
Superintendent to see that appropriate staff members are kept informed of
current state and local requirements relating to fire prevention, civil
defense, sanitation, public health, and occupational safety.
Efforts directed toward the prevention of accidents will succeed
only to the degree that all staff members recognize that preventing accidents
is a daily operational responsibility.
SOURCE: MASC August 2016
LEGAL REF.: M.G.L.
71:55C
603 CMR 36:00
CROSS REFS.: EEAE, School Bus Safety Program
GBGB, Staff Personal Security and Safety
IHAM, Health Education
JLI, Student Safety
Reviewed and approved by Shutesbury Policy Committee:
03/15/18
First Reading by Shutesbury School Committee: 04/26/18
Second Reading, First Vote by Shutesbury School
Committee: 05/17/18
Final Vote by Shutesbury School Committee: 06/20/18