Beaverton School District has adopted the Standard Response Protocol for responses to emergencies and critical incidents that occur in our schools. The Standard Response Protocol is utilized for students from Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Please take a moment to review the four actions as they are crucial for all Beaverton School District stakeholders.
Fire and evacuation drills are practiced monthly. All other drills are held two or more times per year.
More information on the Standard Response Protocol can be found in the BSD Student and Family Handbook and on the District website.
Beaverton Schools must sometimes close due to extreme weather conditions. They may also operate on a two-hour delay schedule or snow route schedule. Snow route information is posted on the District website and in our school newsletter. A two-hour delay means schools will open two hours later than normal. This allows time for thawing and for heavy traffic to subside.
We encourage you to use your judgment when transporting your child to school on icy roads. You may choose to keep your child home for the day. Your child will not be penalized if you decide it is unsafe to travel to school.
In the event of school closures or snow day schedule, information will be announced on the radio and TV stations beginning at 5:00 a.m. You may also locate information at the main Beaverton School District website at. The school or District will also call and or text all SchoolMessenger subscribers. Please do not call the school office phone with unnecessary calls.
If the weather becomes extremely bad during the day, school may be dismissed early. Announcements of early closures during the school day are also made on local radio stations. If the decision is made to close schools, all evening meetings and night activities will be canceled, including all extracurricular programs and athletic events.
An early closure due to inclement weather or for any other reason are considered emergency school closures. The emergency school closure plan on your child’s enrollment or verification forms will be followed.
We may close early because of power failure or other emergency and an announcement would not be made to the media. Please help reduce anxiety for students and staff by sharing your family plan for an early closure with us. It would be a good idea to discuss procedures with your child in the event of an early closure, to go over your family plan with your child, and ask your child to call you at work as soon as he or she arrives home or at the designated location. Enrollment verification forms will be sent home the first few weeks of school for updates and any changes to the family emergency closure plan.
If your child is seriously injured or becomes ill, every effort will be made to contact you. Please keep your emergency contact information up-to-date with current phone numbers and those of other responsible adults to call in case you are unavailable.
In order to prevent the spread of Pediculosis (head lice) in the school setting, students with suspected cases of lice will be referred to office staff for assessment and students found with live lice will be excluded from school. Students excluded from school will be readmitted after re-assessment, by designated staff, to confirm that no live lice are present. Students found with nits will not be excluded but will be subjected to periodic checks to confirm continuing absence of live lice.
Successful treatment of head lice requires a coordinated approach and may involve the use of anti- louse products, combing, and implementation of preventative measures recommended by health authorities. The school will provide parents of students found to have contracted head lice with treatment information. It is the school’s intent to not only eliminate any outbreak or infestation, but also to prevent a repeat episode.
We follow District policy and will communicate with families regarding prevention and treatment of head lice. We will notify all parents of students in a classroom upon the discovery of a single case of live lice in that classroom. In the event that three or more unrelated cases of live lice are diagnosed at a school within a two- week period, all families will be notified.
The Oregon Immunization Law requires a series of immunizations for all children entering school. If the parent does not present evidence of these immunizations, or provide a medical exemption signed by a physician or by the county health department, or sign a religious exemption, the child will not be excluded from school until documentation is provided.
Parents of new students enrolling from out-of-state have a 30-day period in which to obtain immunization records. The school will follow up after the grace period to see if students are in compliance with the law. Students who are not in compliance with the immunization law will be notified regarding the immunizations they need. Students out of compliance will also be given a deadline date after which they will not be allowed to attend school without evidence of having received the immunizations. If the immunization record is not immediately available, parents will be asked to sign for all immunizations.
Students who must take medication during school hours must comply with following State and School District requirements:
With the supervision of our school nurse and the assistance of volunteers, your child will participate in a vision and hearing screening in grades K, 1 st , and 3 rd . Hearing and vision screening tools will be used to help identify those students who need a professional examination. You will be notified if your child needs further evaluation.
School accident insurance and dental insurance are available. Applications are sent home with each student at the beginning of the school year. Those who are not covered by a family medical plan are encouraged to subscribe. If you need an application, please contact the school office.
Children who are not feeling well have a difficult time concentrating and are not able to learn. Home is the best place for an ill child.
The question of when is a child too sick to attend school is not always easy to answer. Often parents need to make a judgment call of whether to send their child to school or keep them home to rest. Below are some guidelines provided by the Communicable Disease Division of the Washington County Department of Health and Human Services. They were developed to help prevent the spread of potentially contagious diseases.