Access to School Premises

The following persons are permitted access any day or time:

• Pupils enrolled in the school
• Parent or guardian of such pupil
• Person employed or retained by Board
• Person on premises for lawful purpose

These rights to access do not entitle the person to have access to all areas of the school.

Conditional Access

• Person invited to attend event, class or meeting
• Person invited by Principal, Vice-Principal or someone else authorized by board policy to be in school for a specific purpose

Prohibition from Access

• Anyone whose presence in the Principal’s judgment, is detrimental to the safety or well being of a person on the premises
• Person who fails to report presence in a specified manner

The Principal of a school may direct a person to leave the school premises if the Principal believes that the person is prohibited by regulation or under a Board policy from being there.

Threat and Risk Assessment

The general purpose of a student threat assessment team in school jurisdictions is to assist in creating and maintaining an environment where students, staff, parents and others feel safe. The primary purpose of a multidisciplinary threat assessment team is to identify indicators that suggest a student may be moving on a pathway of justification to use violence and to intervene in such a way to decrease the risk, prevent injury to self or others, and assist the student in receiving the help he or she needs to address the issues contributing to the high-risk student behaviour.

All threatening and high-risk behaviours must be taken seriously and students engaging in the behaviours must be assessed accordingly. Any student engaging in threatening and/or high-risk behaviours must be brought to the attention of the Principal / Vice Principal of the school. In the majority of the cases, the threat maker needs to be protected from the target; this is due to the prior victimization that the threat maker has previously experienced.

For more detailed information on Threat and Risk Assessment, please refer to the Board website and proceed to the Procedures and Protocols, Police and School Board Protocol section under the Board tab.

For a complete reference to all policies and protocols, please access the Board website.

Blessed are the peacemakers; for, they shall be called the children of God. _{Matthew 5:9}