Off Site Evacuation & Family Reunification
Definition: To move students to a remote site for reunification with family members.
Alert Signal: Announcement--"Evacuate! to (remote site). We will be implementing the Family Reunification protocol from that location. Please have students take their belongings."
Teacher response:
Definition: When students must be dismissed from the school site, following an emergency.
Alert Signal: Announcement--"We will be releasing students using the Quick Release (or Slow Release) protocol."
Teacher Response:
Elementary & Intermediate Levels—Students will be released to their parents or designee, as prearranged on Emergency Contact Card, with government issued photo identification, using one of the following:
Middle and High School Levels-– Same as above except for those students whose parents have signed an Emergency Release Permission Form giving permission for the student to be released, after being excused, following an emergency.
Definition: To move students to a remote site for reunification with family members.
Alert Signal: Announcement--"Evacuate! to (remote site). We will be implementing the Family Reunification protocol from that location. Please have students take their belongings."
Teacher response:
- Take emergency Kits and classroom rolls as you exit. Have students take their belongings as this is an Evacuation.
- Follow Evacuation procedures and guide students to the designated on-campus staging area. Prepare students for boarding buses provided by Arlington ISD.
- Ensure special needs students are assisted. Request help if needed.
- Account for students. Take roll. If all students are present hold up Green Card. Write names of missing students on Red Card and hold up.
- Once students and other persons from your area of responsibility have boarded a bus, assist the bus driver by taking roll and completing the driver's evacuation roster. Prepare to give a list of all evacuees to the Reunification Site Commander upon arrival.
- Follow the instructions of the Family Reunification Staff when you arrive at the Family Reunification Site. You may be asked to assist in staffing the site.
Definition: When students must be dismissed from the school site, following an emergency.
Alert Signal: Announcement--"We will be releasing students using the Quick Release (or Slow Release) protocol."
Teacher Response:
Elementary & Intermediate Levels—Students will be released to their parents or designee, as prearranged on Emergency Contact Card, with government issued photo identification, using one of the following:
- Quick Release—from the student's outside classroom door, facilitated by the student's teacher.
- Slow Release—from a Reunification Station outside the building, facilitated by the Family Reunification team.
Middle and High School Levels-– Same as above except for those students whose parents have signed an Emergency Release Permission Form giving permission for the student to be released, after being excused, following an emergency.