Safety Procedures
The Alberta School of Performing Arts
Welcome to the 22-23 school year! We are excited to see all the new and returning faces to our school. As we look ahead to the first day of school, we want to share our school procedures and distict policies to help keep your child(ren) safe while at school.
Drills and Searches
- We conduct a variety of drills (lockdown, fire, weather) throughout the school year with students and staff, which allows them to practice the steps they should take in emergency situations.
- To try to alleviate students from bringing prohibited items to schools, we conduct searches in one or a combination of the following ways: mixed method approach, including searches of backpacks, hallways, classrooms, and use of metal detectors.
Visitors
- All visitors in our school must sign in our School Visitor Management System "Raptor." Raptor enhances school security by reading a visitor's drivers’ license (or other approved government issued ID), comparing information against a sex offender database to alert school administrators and district personnel if a match is found. Once cleared through the system, a visitor badge is produced that includes a photo, name of the visitor, date/time, and destination.
- Parents will be permitted to visit classrooms with 24 hour notice. Parents will show proof of nontraditional or legal custody upon request from the principal and provide notice to the principal and classroom teacher at least 24 hours prior to the anticipated visit, so as not to disturb the educational environment for all. Student classroom visits should be infrequent and for a limited duration
See Something, Say Something
- See Something, Say Something is designed to empower our students and staff to protect our schools. Tuscaloosa City Schools has established three ways in which students can share concerns about school safety and the well-being of fellow students.
SPEAK UP: Parents and students can share concerns about classmates and or school. One can easily report students in crisis, planned fights, weapons in school, threats or violence and/or other urgent situations.
Email: speakup@tuscaloosacityschools.com
Report your concerns in person to a TCS employee
HALT
- TCS’s HALT Program was created to help combat bullying in the school district. If your child is experiencing bullying, submit an online form or complete the age-appropriate bullying/harassment form and return it to your child's counselor. You can also report bullying in person to a TCS employee at your child’s school.
Student Code of Conduct
- TCS provides an atmosphere in which high performance can be achieved within a framework of high expectations. Parents and students are urged to be supportive of this Student/Parent Resource Guide, Code of Student Conduct and Drug Screening Policy and committed to the concept of the “right to learn.”