Secure and closed campus
To help keep the school safe, only Glenbrook students are allowed on school grounds during the day. Once students arrive, they must stay at school for the rest of the day unless they have permission to leave.
Students may go home for lunch if a parent or guardian gives written permission. This note must be kept on file at the office. If a student wants to go to a store at lunch, a parent or guardian must go with them, and the student must sign out and back in at the office.
If a student leaves campus without permission, the school will contact their parent or guardian.
Visitors
All visitors, including parents, must enter through the front door on Park Crescent and check in at the office. All other doors stay locked during the school day.
They must wear a Visitor ID Badge while in the school.
Student pick-up and drop-off
Students should be dropped off and picked up at the front of the school on Park Crescent or on the south side of the school on Jack Mahoney Place. Please note parking is limited in those areas for school visitors.
Please do not drop students off in the crosswalk.
Violence threat risk assessment
In the interests of student and staff safety and security, there may be times when schools have to conduct threat assessments.
In case of an emergency
Schools may implement any of the following actions in the event of an emergency or threat to ensure the security and safety of staff and students.
1. Hold and secure
Used if there is a security concern in the school’s neighbourhood.
Hold and secure protects school occupants from danger in the neighbourhood or community outside. For example, a police incident in the immediate area, suspicious strangers on school grounds, or protests/civil disturbances nearby.
2. Shelter in place
Used if an environmental hazard may affect the school.
Shelter in place shields staff and students from hazardous conditions outdoors by holding them inside the school. This action is often initiated in response to environmental or weather-related events (e.g. smoke/chemical/airborne contaminants, severe weather, dangerous animals, etc.) and typically requires closing the school’s exterior doors and windows and shutting off ventilation systems.
3. Lockdown
Used in response to an armed or dangerous assailant inside the school.
Lockdowns are implemented to protect school occupants from a dangerous individual inside the building. For example, a person with a knife, firearm, or other weapon who is threatening to harm or is in the process of harming people.
4. Drop, cover, and hold on
Used in the event of an earthquake, explosion, or any incident that causes the building to shake.
Drop, cover, and hold on is used for emergencies where there is an immediate, physical impact on the school that causes its internal contents (e.g. furniture, books, etc.) to move around in ways that may cause injuries.
5. Evacuate
Used to relocate occupants out of the building when a hazard exists inside. Evacuation instructions are issued in the event of fires, earthquakes, hazardous spills, etc. or as required after a lockdown or drop, cover, and hold on order. Staff must be aware of evacuation routes and designated assembly areas.