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Overview:
The state
law requires all schools to have tornado drills. Remain calm and follow
directions as given. Stay away from glass areas. The tornado alarm is
a continuous sound. Exit the classroom and follow directions to the
area designated for your class. Have students sit or stand facing he
wall and their hands covering their heads until the all clear is given.
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Proceed to
move all personnel to the safety areas of the building. The safety
areas of the building include the ground floor of the gymnasiums
(excluding the main floor areas and pool), the tunnel area, the
library, and the ground floor of the north addition.
Procedures:
All classes
will be notified by intercom or messenger when to proceed to the area
designated below for their particular room.
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Persons in
Rooms G200 through G208 and G224 through G231 move to the stairway at
Entrance #1(main entrance of the Student Center) and keep to the
right of the stairs, proceed down the stairs to the tunnel
area. These students, at the direction of school personnel and P.E.
teachers will move into the locker rooms, the west side
of the lower main lobby, and along the west wall of the
tunnel. Teachers will accompany their classes.
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Persons in
Rooms G101 through G118 move to the stairs at Entrance #1 and keeping
to the left of the stairs, proceed down the stairs,
through the tunnel under the direction of P.E. teachers and other
school personnel. Students will occupy the locker rooms, the
east side of the lower main lobby and along the east
wall of the tunnel. Teachers will accompany their classes.
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Persons in
Rooms A153 through A173 proceed to the main east-west corridor, across
the north end of the Student Center, and into the library through the
east entrance (just west of the cafeteria entrance).
The students in the LIBRARY must be on the SOUTH side of
the library, closest to the hallway. The North side can
be dangerous in a tornado. Keep your students on the side closest to
the hallway and furthest from the Magazine and Xerox rooms.
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Persons in
Rooms P121 through P152 move at the direction of their teacher to the
nearest stairway and proceed down the stairs to the classroom below
their regular classroom or to another room on the ground floor
(lower purple) as directed.
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All students
in physical education and drivers education classes in the gymnasiums
move at the direction of their teachers to the locker rooms. If p.e.
classes are outside, all classes go to the south gymnasium (field
house) and move into the locker rooms on the ground floor according to
the instructions of the teachers. Do not
enter the larger open area of the building.
Evacuation of
auditorium and cafeteria:
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During the
time of an assembly in the auditorium, students will move directly to
the stairs in Entrance #1 and down to the locker rooms in the north
gym, lower lobby, and tunnel area. The order of evacuation shall be:
First the south
section, second the middle section, and third the north section.
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During the
lunch hours, students in the cafeteria will move across the Student
Center to the stairs in Entrance #1 and proceed down the stairs to the
locker rooms in the north gym, lower main lobby, and tunnel area.
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