On a day-to-day basis, we provide many services to your student in addition to education. One such service is our continual efforts to ensure a safe learning environment for all our students and staff members. Our dedication to safety and security is demonstrated through a variety of actions we take on a routine basis.
On a continual basis we:
- Have restricted campus for our high schools
- Perform unannounced security audits at school sites
- Have unannounced drug searches at our school sites
- Maintain SafeNet a monitored website for anonymous reporting of safety concerns
- Participate in Safe 2 Tell program which provides anonymous reporting of safety concerns
- Maintain a SafeBox at all secondary sites for anonymous reporting of safety concerns
- Screen volunteers working with our students
- Manage and maintain a security camera system to include our front doors at all elementary schools
- Maintain an Incident Response Team to support our sites in emergency situations
On an annual basis we:
- Review emergency plans for all APS buildings
- Perform a security review at each APS building for safety and security
- Participate in an emergency drill with the Aurora Fire and Police Departments
- Coordinate a tabletop exercise with Aurora Fire and Police and other local emergency providers/responders
- Review our Pandemic and Continuity of Operations Plan
We believe that these safe practices will help ensure the safety and security of all APS students and staff members.