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Anonymously report anything that concerns or threatens you, your friends, your family, or your community. We take your reports any time, any day. This is the BEST way to report a concern to the district!

What happens when I make a Safe2Tell Report?

Stay Informed

• Monitor Official Communications: Schools often have emergency notification systems (texts, emails, or phone calls). Pay attention to updates from the school or district.

Do Not Go to the School Immediately

• Rushing to the school can interfere with emergency response efforts and may create additional safety risks.
• Wait for clear instructions on whether it is safe to pick up your child and where to go.

Communicate Appropriately

• Avoid calling your child’s phone excessively as this may disrupt emergency operations.
• Wait for the school to provide updates before contacting them.

Follow Emergency Procedures

• Schools have emergency protocols for different situations (e.g., lockdowns, evacuations).

Be Ready to Provide Identification

• If instructed to pick up your child, go to the designated reunification site and bring identification. Schools will require this to release students.

Prepare in Advance

• Familiarize yourself with the school’s emergency procedures and reunification plans.
• Ensure your contact and emergency contact information is up-to-date with the school.
• Discuss emergency plans with your child so they know what to expect and how to stay safe.

Stay Calm

• Demonstrate calmness to reduce anxiety for both your child and others. Children look to adults for cues during stressful situations.

A uniform, planned, and practiced response to any incident is the foundation of a safe school. Safe business. Safe community. The Standard Response Protocol (SRP) is action-based, flexible, and easy to learn. It rationally organizes tactics for response to weather events, fires, accidents, intruders and other threats to personal safety.

Students are trained to remain in their classrooms while staff and/or first responders attend to an emergency that will not impact the students in their classrooms. This might be used if an ambulance is called for staff or student illness.

This is called when there is a possible threat within the building. Staff bring students inside the classroom and lock the door. Students are trained to go to a safe space in their classroom and remain quiet until first responders give the “all clear.”

Leaving the classroom to go to a safer location. A fire drill is an example of an evacuation drill.

Students are instructed to move to a safe place within the building. This procedure may be necessary during a weather emergency like a tornado.

BARK is a digital safety platform that helps schools by monitoring online activities to ensure students' safety and well-being.

We are eager to hear your voice and understand how we can better support you in facilitating your child's learning journey at home. Your input is invaluable in shaping decisions regarding your child's education, and we are committed to ensuring your questions and suggestions are addressed.

Please use take the poll below to tell us what you want to see for a future Engage49 LIVE event around Cyber Security!

Thank you for your continued partnership and involvement in your child's education!

This event is not your typical Parent Academy. We welcome all family and community members to guide the discussion with our panel of local experts from D49 and local community partners. We offer dinner to all participants at 5:30 p.m. with the panel following from 6-7 p.m. We end each event with a networking opportunity for additional questions and resources from 7-8 p.m.

Upcoming Topics:

• Cyber Security
• Your Child's Data and Testing
• Career and Technical Education/Concurrent Enrollment

Thank you to those who participated in the Family Fun Bingo Board as part of the D4.9k event. We had families participate that found it fun and engaging.

Congratulations to Suzyo Fisher's family for being the lucky winner of the game. We hope you'll join us next time we play bingo!

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) guidelines recommend the screening of young children to identify those who may have special learning or developmental needs, as well as to plan appropriate curriculum and instruction.

District 49 Early Childhood Education staff will be offering developmental screenings (to include vision, hearing, and dental) for children between the ages of 2 years and 9 months until they are eligible for kindergarten (child is 5 before October 1st of that year). Screening will be by appointment only.

If your child has developmental delays, is at risk of having a developmental delay due to a diagnosed medical condition, or has an educational disability, please contact our Child Find office by emailing childfind@d49.org.

We are Engage49 - D49's Family, School, Community Partnership (FSCP) Collaborative. Our mission is to serve and support D49 families directly by connecting you with valuable information and useful resources throughout the school year. Our common goal is to see D49 students flourish, and we believe creating positive relationships with parents is crucial to building strong foundations and launching students to success in our exceptional schools. The Board of Education has prioritized advocacy in their strategic objectives for the 25-26 school year and as Engage49, we are dedicated to building your capacity and advocacy opportunities in your educational community.