Lockdown Procedures
Lockdown Lockdown procedures will be used in situations that may result in harm to
persons inside the school building, such as a shooting, hostage incident, intruder,
trespassing, disturbance, toxic chemical spill, or at the discretion of the building
administrator or designee. The building administrator or designee will announce the
lockdown over the public address system. This statement will be read,
It is now ____ (time). Due to an emergency, Shakopee Senior High School is starting
lockdown procedures.
Provisions for emergency evacuation should be maintained even in the event of a
lockdown.
Procedures In the event of a lockdown, teachers are to follow these procedures:
1. Go to your door, quickly look up and down the hallway and motion any student in
quietly.
2. Lock the door and turn off all lights, leaving enough to see.
3. Keep your door pre-locked so all you need to do is pull it shut.
4. Once the door is locked, do not open the door for anyone, except a school
administrator or a police officer.
5. Cover the windows in the room-close the blinds. Keep students away from the
windows.
6. Keep students quiet.
7. Tip desks to provide concealment; move students to closets or storage areas if
necessary.
8. Take attendance. Add the names of any students not normally in your class.
9. Keep the phone line open. Call x4160 if you have information relevant to the
emergency.
10. Do not allow students to use cell phones or pagers.
11. If the classroom phone rings, answer it. The caller will identify himself/herself
immediately. If you do not recognize the caller, hang up the phone.
12. Do not allow any students to leave your room.
During a hard lockdown ALL staff should secure themselves, along with any students
close by in the halls into a locked room.
Office personnel are to follow these procedures:
1. Turn off the lights, lock the doors to the office and turn off the bell system.
2. Remove Black Box from Admin Asst. office. (Student Roster, Class Schedules,
Student Directory, District Directory, Locker Assignments, Medical Information
and Master List of Emergency Packets)
3. Move into the kitchen/copy area and lock the door.
4. For overflow have additional people lock themselves in the office bathroom.
5. Call District Office switchboard (x5129) to instruct them not to bring any students
to the high school. Students already on the bus should be taken to the Junior
High.
6. Make contact with any groups on field trips/off site to prevent them from returning
to the building in an emergency lockdown.
7. Keep phone lines open. Do not communicate with the press.
Classes in the Cafeteria/Kitchen Personnel
Teachers supervising groups of students in the Commons (open Study Halls &
Lunch) are to follow these procedures:
1. Move students into the music hallway and back into the Black Box.
2. Lock the door and turn off the lights.
3. Take attendance the best you can.
Classes in the Gym/Outside
Teachers supervising groups of students in the gyms or outside should follow
these procedures:
1. Classes in the main gym move into the multi-purpose room. Make sure all doors
are locked.
2. Classes in the auxiliary gym should remain in the auxiliary gym or move into boys
locker room.
3. Classes in the fitness center remain in the fitness center.
4. Classes at the Environmental Learning Center should lockdown at the ELC.
5. Take attendance.
6. Classes outside will be contacted by cell phone. These classes will be given
directions on where to go. If there is a threat in the building, classes will be
directed to Jackson Elementary.
7. Take attendance at Jackson Elementary.
Media Center Procedures:
1. Students in the Media Center move into the magazine archives and/or the
mechanical room.
2. Shut the blinds and lock the main doors.
3. Take the cordless phone into one of the safe areas.
Additional Procedures
--Custodians will lock all outside doors and turn off the fire alarm system.
--If a fire alarm is pulled during lockdown, DO NOT MOVE; STAY IN LOCKDOWN.
--Greeters report to the office and bring visitor documentation.
--The lockdown will end when an announcement is made.
--In a true lockdown rooms will be cleared room-by-room by SWAT team members.
--Students left in the hallway should hide in an open room.
--Students should not use computers. Staff should open their computers to e-mail and
keep them open as this may be the best way of communicating.
--Police will help to establish areas for media and parents, as well as incident command.
--In the event of an emergency evacuation, try to take a class roster and tell students to
re-assemble at Jackson Elementary.