In order for our emergency response plans to be effective, we must depend on the cooperation and assistance of many people, such as local police, emergency, and fire departments. We also depend upon the parents of our students to support our efforts. This cooperation is vital to helping us protect the safety and welfare of all children and school employees. Therefore, we ask parents to observe the following procedures during a crisis situation:

Please Do:

• Check for communications from EISD. A social media post on Facebook along with a message inside the Edgewood ISD application will be sent from the district to notify parents of an immediate school emergency. When the time allows, a notification will be made through our emergency alert system. Please make sure your contact numbers are up to date. Throughout the emergency, the Facebook post and Edgewood ISD application will be updated every 15 minutes. Notifications through the emergency alert system will happen as time allows.

• Talk to your children. Emphasize how important it is for them to follow instructions from their teachers and school officials during an emergency.

• If you see something, say something, and encourage your children to do the same. Please remember that Edgewood ISD uses the StopIT application where any type of situation may be reported anonymously.

Please Don't:

• Do not come to the school or evacuation location until you are instructed to do so. It may be necessary to keep the streets and parking lot clear for emergency vehicles.

• Do not telephone the school. We understand and respect your concern, but it is essential that the telephone system be available for emergency communications.

• Do not post inaccurate or unverified information on social media. Posting inaccurate or unverified information may cause danger to our school community.