School Safety

Clovis Municipal Schools supports the belief that learning occurs best in an inviting, safe, and orderly school setting: one in which students are safe and feel free from theft, threats, intimidation, bullying, weapons, drugs, or violence of any type. To accomplish this Clovis Municipal Schools maintains a sincere and dedicated commitment to the safety of its students, staff, and property.

In order to provide a school environment that is healthy, safe and conducive to learning, CMS worked with parents and community agencies to develop a School-Level Safety Plan. This plan, which is reviewed annually, provides direction for school staff in the prevention and deterrent of potentially harmful situations.

Should an emergency or disaster situation ever arise in our area while school is in session, we want you to be aware that the schools have made preparations to respond effectively to such situations. Our School District has a detailed emergency crisis plan, which has been formulated to respond to a major catastrophe.

The safety and security of students and staff depends upon everyone knowing, to the extent possible, what to do when an actual incident occurs. Minutes or even seconds often can make a critical difference in saving lives.

Conducting drills strengthens schools as learning organizations by empowering and creating a culture of preparedness. Drills are conducted to make students and personnel more confident in making decisions to effectively and efficiently manage an emergency or major event. With good training and practice, everyone involved will be better able to react appropriately to emergency events.

Policies and procedures provide direction for Clovis Municipal Schools staff for intervening in potentially harmful situations.

Staff receive training on school safety and practice with drills to ensure student safety.
These drills include:

  • Lockdown

  • Bomb Threat

  • Bus Mishaps

  • Fire

  • Emergency Evacuations

  • Tornado

Clovis Municipal Schools is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for your child.

We have an outstanding safety record that we work diligently to maintain. We are always open to any suggestions you may have on improving our school safety.

Together we can provide a safe, secure environment in which our children will excel.

AT ANY TIME IT IS DETERMINED THAT A FACILITY IS DECLARED TO BE UNSAFE AND EVACUATION IS NECESSARY,
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE FOLLOWING
Emergency Procedures

  • Please do not telephone the school. Telephone lines may be needed for emergency communication.


  • Parents will be instructed via the Skyward alert system and local media how to reunite with their students.


  • Students will be released only to a responsible adult who has been identified on the Emergency Medical Authorization/Signature Card form, which is required to be filled out by parents at the beginning of every school year.


  • Parents will be notified by the Skyward alert system as information becomes available.


  • Impress upon your children the need for them to follow the directions of any school personnel in times of an emergency

Please discuss these matters with your immediate family. Planning ahead will help alleviate concern during emergencies.

Here is the text extracted from the image: --- **EMERGENCY PROCEDURES** **Updated July 2022** ### **On Campus Evacuation** 1. When evacuating, be alert to your surroundings. Be prepared to change your course of action, if needed. 2. Instruct students/staff and visitors to evacuate to the designated on-campus assembly areas, following the route displayed in each room. 3. Follow alternate evacuation routes, if primary routes are blocked. 4. Close your door and turn off your lights. 5. Take your daily class attendance roster. 6. Take attendance at the designated assembly area and report any missing or absent students to the designated administrators. 7. Display the **Green Status Card** to indicate (all students are accounted for) or **Red Status Card** (missing, injured, or extra students). 8. Remain at the assembly area until the "All Clear Signal" is initiated. --- ### **Off Campus Evacuation** 1. When evacuating, be alert to your surroundings. Be prepared to change your course of action, if needed. 2. Use designated evacuation routes and proceed directly to the designated Off-Campus Student Evacuation Site. 3. If the primary evacuation routes are blocked, follow alternate evacuation routes. 4. Take your daily class attendance roster with you. 5. Take attendance at the designated Off-Campus Student Evacuation Site, be prepared to use the **Green and Red Status Cards** and report any missing, injured, or absent students to the School Incident Commander and local emergency responders. 6. Remain at the designated Off-Campus Student Evacuation Site until "All Clear" is announced. 7. Follow all additional instructions from the School Incident Commander and local emergency responders. --- ### **Secure & Teach** 1. Move any students in the nearby hallway or bathroom back into your classroom/office. Close and lock your classroom/office doors and windows. 2. Leave blinds open unless otherwise advised. 3. If outside the building, immediately return to your classroom or office. (Unless the Secure and Teach is called due to a bomb-threat or an inside disruption. In the case of a bomb-threat or an inside disruption, you will be notified to remain outside). 4. Disregard all change of class bells until advised otherwise. 5. Take attendance and account for all students. Prepare to report any missing/extra students to the main office when asked to do so. 6. Remain in the classroom or office areas and continue with normal activities until further notice. 7. If a fire alarm sounded, evaluate your situation and plan an escape route, if necessary. 8. No students, staff, or visitors are allowed to leave or enter the building without approval by the School Incident Commander or designee. 9. If given an "All Clear" signal, resume normal activity.

Here is the text extracted from the second image: --- ### **Secure & Move** 1. All exterior doors locked. 2. Remain indoors and continue with normal activities within the building. 3. Close and lock your classroom/office doors and windows. 4. Leave blinds open unless otherwise advised. 5. If outside the building, immediately return to your classroom or office. 6. Take attendance and account for all students. Prepare to report any missing/extra students to the main office when asked to do so. 7. If a fire alarm is sounded, evaluate your situation and plan an escape route, if necessary. 8. No students, staff, or visitors are allowed to enter or leave the building without approval by the School Incident Commander or designee. 9. If given an "All Clear" signal, resume normal activity. --- ### **Lockdown** 1. Students in the hallways and bathrooms should go into the nearest classroom or office immediately. 2. Lock the door. 3. Move away from the doors and windows and group on the floor. Everyone should kneel or lay down in a safe area of the room. If possible, try not to group them in one area of the room. 4. Cover windows, if possible. 5. Turn off lights. 6. Silence cell phones, including vibrate mode. 7. Remain silent and quietly take attendance. 8. Ignore fire alarms and all bells unless you see fire or smoke, you’re in immediate danger, or you are instructed by local emergency responders to do otherwise. 9. No one should leave the room during a lockdown. 10. Uniformed police officers will visit rooms and give instructions on what to do next. 11. If outside the facility at the time of the lockdown, students and staff should report immediately, if possible, to the designated off-campus student evacuation site; otherwise move away from the building. --- ### **Shelter in Place** 1. Conduct a "fast peek" before exiting your room to check for danger. 2. Take daily class attendance rosters and move students and visitors to the designated Shelter-in-Place area. 3. Close all classroom doors and windows, if time permits. 4. Have students face a wall, kneel down, and be ready to cover their head with their arms and hands to protect them from debris. 5. Take attendance at the shelter area and be ready to report missing/extra students. 6. If outside, immediately return to the school building and move to the designated Shelter-in-Place area. 7. Remain at the designated Shelter-in-Place area until the "All Clear" is announced. Follow all additional instructions from the School Incident Commander or local emergency responders regarding whether to resume normal activity or take another necessary course of action.

VISITING OUR SCHOOLS: PARENT & VISITOR SIGN-IN PROCEDURES

Thank you for visiting the Clovis Municipal Schools! To ensure the safety and security of all students, employees, and visitors to our buildings, CMS has implemented the following visitor safety procedures:

PARKING: Please ensure that vehicles are parked in designated visitor spaces. Do not leave vehicles parked or standing in fire lanes (designated by red curbing), bus lanes, or spaces not designated for parking.

ENTRANCE: Upon arrival at the school building, enter through the designated visitor/main entrance and report to the greeter window. For the safety of all students, employees, and visitors, all exterior doors will be locked (all doors can still be used as exits).

IDENTIFY YOURSELF: You will be asked who you are here to visit and the nature of your visit prior to gaining entrance to the building. If you are requesting to see or remove a student from a school building, you must be an authorized parent or guardian or have authorization from a parent or guardian. The district reserves the right to deny an individual entry to any school building when there is reason to believe that such individual’s presence would be detrimental to the operation of the school and the learning environment.

PHOTO ID: Present your valid photo identification to a staff member. All visitors will be asked to verify their identity by showing district staff a form of photo identification with date of birth, such as a driver’s license or government issued ID card. We will not check you in as a visitor or release a student to your care without your photo ID.

VISITOR MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE/BADGE: You will be asked to sign into the building and you will be issued a visitor badge. Your ID may be scanned for visitor management purposes only. This system will create a photo visitor badge.

WEAR YOUR VISITOR BADGE AT ALL TIMES: The visitor badge must be displayed and visible at all times during your visit. For the safety of students, employees, and other visitors, please be aware that our staff have been trained to approach and question visitors who are in the building and not wearing an ID badge.

LEAVING THE BUILDING: At the completion of your visit, you will be required to check back in at the greeter station to return your visitor badge and sign out as a visitor.

VIDEO SURVEILLANCE: Please note that school entrances and numerous locations in our buildings are under video surveillance.

NOTE: If any school employee becomes aware that an individual is in a school without having received permission, the employee must escort the individual to the office.
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