Emergency Procedures
What to do if your child is at school during an emergency?
Closure Information
Below you will find the Edmonds School District's emergency communications Web page, which will display snow and ice related closures and other emergency information. If your browser does not support inline frames you can click here for the same page in a new browser. You can also click here to jump down to read the district's emergency procedures or click here to download the document.
Edmonds School District Emergency Notice
There are several ways you can find out if schools are closed or operating on an abnormal schedule:
- Phone
- Internet
- Local Media
There are three levels of notices:
- School closed
- Two hours late
- Two hours late - Limited Buses
Phone
You can call the District's switchboard at 425-431-7000. If there are closures you will get details. This information will be updated as needed and will be available from approximately 5:15 AM to 7:30 AM on the morning's of closures.
Internet
The Home page to this Web site, MadronaBearFact.com will normally be updated to include closure information. You can also navigate to this page where the Web site is automatically updated with information fed directly from the School District. Or you can navigate to http://www.schoolreport.org/schoolDetail.php?schoolId=26 directly.
The information on the website is removed after 10 AM & 3 PM daily.Local Media
Many local radio and Television stations will announce closures.
Remember: if no message is given for our district, then schools are operating on a normal schedule. In an emergency, listen to your Radio/TV.
* Beginning between 6 AM & 6:45 AM
* To hear changes between 6 AM & 8 AM
* On a continuous basis in an emergency
Announcements will be made on these radio and television stations:
AM Radio | ||
| KIRO 710 | KCIS 630 | KIXI 880 |
| KOMO 1000 | KYCW 1090 | KRKO 1380 |
FM Radio | ||
| KPLU 88.5 | KSER 90.7 | KLSY 92.5 |
| KUBE 93.3 | KMPS 94.1 | KBSG 97.3 |
| KMTT 103.7 | KCMS 105.3 | KRWM 106.9 |
Television | ||
| KIRO 7 | KING 5 | KCPQ 13 |
| KONG 6 | KOMO 4 | |
* Updates will be broadcast every 15 minutes / continually.
**Updates will be broadcast every 30 minutes.
SCHOOLS CLOSED
All schools are closed for one day.
After school activities:
- Elementary: Contact school office
- Middle: All student activities canceled
- High: Athletes should contact their coaches or school office
TWO HOURS LATE
- No morning kindergarten
- No morning special education preschool
- No morning Preschool Co-op or Developmental Kindergarten transportation
- No middle school "0" period, activity & academic runs.
- All student activities take place as scheduled unless otherwise notified.
* Classes begin two hours late: Students may come to school at the regular time, childcare programs will be open at normal hours. Students will be dismissed at regular time unless otherwise announced. (If your school is scheduled for an early release date, school is canceled.)
TWO HOURS LATE - LIMITED BUS TRANSPORTATION
Students will ONLY be picked up and returned to the stops listed on the "2006/2007 LIMITED BUS TRANSPORTATION ROUTES" (.pdf download).
- No morning kindergarten
- No morning special education preschool
- No morning Preschool Co-op or Developmental Kindergarten transportation
- No middle school "0" period, activity & academic runs.
- All student activities take place as scheduled unless otherwise notified.
School is a Safe Place
In a weather emergency, the best place for your child to be is at home with you. Since what's best is not always what's possible, we want you to know that school may be another option. When school and bus transportation are delayed because of weather, our schools will be open at the regular time. If you can accompany your child to school safely, he/she will find welcoming faces there. Each school will be prepared to provide supervision when school is delayed and before regular instruction begins. A caution: Crossing guards will not be posted at intersections until the school begins its delayed schedule. Some intersections may not be guarded if road conditions are very hazardous and threaten the safety of our crossing guards.
What to do if your child is at school during an emergency?
Madrona Parent
Emergency Procedures and Responsibilities
General Information
- School is the best place for your child in an emergency
- Teachers and administrators are trained and prepared for emergencies
- Madrona has an emergency plan and water and food on hand
- Each teacher is assigned to a specific job during an emergency
- Madrona is connected to the School District communications center via 900 MHz radio and analog phone
If an emergency occurs at school, the teachers and staff will:
Evacuate the children from the school and take them to the field area by the track
Take attendance
Put up security barriers to limit/direct vehicle traffic
Report to the Command Center and then go to their assigned jobs
Your child/children should:
- Stay at school. We do not want them to walk home to check on you or a pet. School is the safest place for them during an emergency. Please tell your child to stacy at school when an emergency occurs. Time spent trying to find a child who has left the campus will take time and energy away from locating someone who is trapped or injured.
- Stay with their Center/Classroom (Madrona needs to be able to constantly account for all of the children).
Parents and guardians should:
- NOT attempt to call Madrona. Please keep the phone lines clear. Teachers and staff will be working to ensure the safety of the children and will not be available to talk to parents
- Check the District Web page for updates. http://www.edmonds.wednet.edu/
- Listen to the following radio/television stations for information:
AM Radio | ||
| KIRO 710 | KCIS 630 | KIXI 880 |
| KOMO 1000 | KYCW 1090 | KRKO 1380 |
FM Radio | ||
| KPLU 88.5 | KSER 90.7 | KLSY 92.5 |
| KUBE 93.3 | KMPS 94.1 | KBSG 97.3 |
| KMTT 103.7 | KCMS 105.3 | KRWM 106.9 |
Television | ||
| KIRO 7 | KING 5 | KCPQ 13 |
| KONG 6 | KOMO 4 | |
- Learn the school evacuation procedures so that you can help if you are at school.
If you feel you have to pick up your child from school, you should:
- Bring identification - teachers/staff will not release a child to an adult without ID, nor will they release children to adults (other than parents) without that adult's name being designated on the child's emergency release form.
- Be patient
- Enter the school bus drive lane via the exit and drive along the bus curb towards the flag
- School staff will be at the flag with the children's paperwork
- Children will not be released from the field
- Please do not take your child without checking out with school personnel
Be Prepared for an Emergency
Download a one sheet flyer from Madrona on getting ready for an emergency.
Visit the Web sites below to get ideas and information about emergency preparedness
- United States Department of Homeland Security ( www.ready.gov for adults)
- www.ready.gov (for kids)
- United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- American Red Cross National
- American Red Cross Snohomish County
- Emergency Services Coordinating Agency (Emergency training classes)
