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Waukegan schools begin state-mandated safety drills this month
Summary
Waukegan Public Schools will conduct state-mandated safety drills across all school buildings this month, including fire, lockdown, bus evacuation and tornado/shelter-in-place exercises, carried out to minimize disruption and reassure students.
Nicholas Altsak, director of communications for Waukegan Public Schools, said the district will begin conducting its annual state-mandated safety drills this month across all school buildings. The drills listed include fire, lockdown, bus evacuation and tornado or shelter-in-place exercises.
Altsak said each drill is designed to help students and staff respond appropriately in an emergency and that the exercises are "carried out in a calm and structured way to minimize disruption to learning while keeping students, especially our youngest ones, comfortable and reassured." The district did not name the specific state statute or code that requires the drills in the announcement.
No specific dates for individual school drills, parent notification procedures, or details on how drills will be modified for different age groups were provided in the announcement.
