District Safe Schools

A Lockdown is when there is a direct threat or hazard to people or school property. Lockdown uses classroom and school security actions to protect students and staff from threats.

USD and local law enforcement will work together to identify and contain the threat as fast as possible. USD will send updates to family and staff as soon as we are able.

The scene is unsafe. Do NOT block emergency response vehicles. Stay a safe distance away and wait for instructions from the district and law enforcement. Please know that telephones at the school or location will go unanswered. Staff are in lockdown for their protection and will not answer phones. Look for updates by text message, email, or voice call messaging. 

Securing the Perimeter is when there is a threat or hazard outside the school buildings. Whether it's due to police activity in the immediate neighborhood, or a dangerous animal like a mountain lion on the playground, securing the perimeter uses the security of the physical facility to act as protection. The situation does not currently pose a threat as long as students, staff and visitors are inside the building. Doors will be locked, but classroom activities will resume. No one will be allowed to leave the facility, or enter it from the outside until deemed safe by public safety. Because of the similarities, between a Secure the Perimeter response sometimes a Shelter In-Place may be called.

All students, staff and visitors will be secured inside and make sure doors are locked. We will monitor the situation and send notifications to families and staff with updates.

Look for text, email or voice call updates. Because the threat is not in the school, it is unsafe for you to come to the school as it could place you near the external threat. Please do not come to the school during a secure perimeter event. 

Shelter-in-Place is when there is a hazardous threat outside the school building. For example, a large truck carrying chemicals is involved in an accident and there is a release of dangerous substances that first responders have deemed a threat to public safety. Shelter in-place procedures use the security of the physical facility to act as protection while sealing off doors, windows and vents. Doors and windows will be locked and sealed as much as possible, but classroom activities will resume. No one will be allowed to leave the facility, or enter it from the outside until deemed safe by public safety.

USD will have students, staff and visitors shelter in-place within each facility, and USD will remain in constant communication with local authorities for further instructions. We will monitor the situation and send notifications to families and staff with updates.

Please stay away from the facility and look for updates by text message, email, or voice call messaging. 

Evacuation occurs when a situation or threat has been deemed credible by school staff or LGPD or SJPD and an immediate evacuation is required. Through partnership with local authorities, we have identified immediate and secondary off-site evacuation points for each site. Once the school is cleared of any possible threat, reunification will start. 

USD will have students, staff and visitors evacuate to the identified evacuation point. We will monitor the situation and send notifications to families and staff with updates.

Please stay away from the facility until directed otherwise and look for updates by text message, email, or voice call messaging.