The safety of our Rivercrest students is our primary concern every day, all day. As such, our priority remains that Rivercrest students will have a safe environment for learning every day. As parents, you entrust Rivercrest to provide your child with that safe environment for learning and we want you to be confident that our entire faculty and staff accepts that responsibility and will ensure protocols are followed to keep Rivercrest School District on the continued path of a safe and happy school for students. We would like to take this opportunity to share with you our continued efforts to ensure that our students remain safe and our schools secure while maintaining the valued tradition of a family oriented learning environment that embraces each child and teacher as their own.
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-Experienced and highly trained administrators, Safety Officers and SROs in investigating concerns of safety and threats of harm to our students
-Background checks for all new staff upon hiring
-Hall traffic patterns for students have been updated to ensure they are in monitored areas at all times
-Hall and entrance monitoring in place.
-Ongoing working relationship with Mississippi County Sheriff's Department to add an additional School Resource Officer (SRO) to staff
-Implementation of the I Love You Guys Foundation Standard Response Protocol for better communication about real time safety concerns with parents, students, faculty/staff, and first responders
-State required Lockdown Drills with real time drill feedback to affirm and improve our safety practices in addition to other safety drills (e.g. tornado)
-Awareness training for students and faculty about social media use
-Safety for teachers and students in determining school dismissal on weather related days
-Multiple modes of communication to relay important information to parents, faculty/staff, and students, including phone calls and social media