SAFETY INFORMATION

Compass is co-located at Ronald Edmonds Learning Center and shares the building with MS113 and PS372. The leaders of each school meet monthly to collaborate on school safety, shared space, and building-wide needs.

Compass follows the NYC Department of Education emergency responses for evacuation in case of fire, safety lockdown, and shelter-in-place.

Compass utilizes the NYC Department of Education’s onsite nurse for all medical situations. A nurse is onsite every day during school hours.

Safety Contact Info

  • Office of Safety & Youth Development: (212) 374-4368

  • Office of Pupil Transportation: (718) 392 - 8855

  • Division of School Facilities: (718) 349 - 5799

  • Office of Special Investigations: (718) 935-3800

  • Respect for All (Bullying) Hotline: (718) 935-2288

NYC Emergency Readiness Guidance

What is a School Safety Plan?

  • At the beginning of each school year, all schools develop a School Safety Plan. The plan outlines the procedures that the school uses every day and in cases of emergency to provide a safe and secure environment in which effective teaching and learning take place. Each plan is approved by the Office of Safety and Youth Development and NYPD. In order to ensure the safety of all students and staff, the specific emergency response plans and procedures of the School Safety Plan must remain confidential.

The School Safety Plan addresses the following major areas:

  • School/Program/Academy Information—This section lists the staff members, hours of operation, chain of command, class schedules, dismissal schedules, extracurricular activities, and use of special facilities (i.e., swimming pools).

  • Special Needs Students—This section identifies students with special mobility needs and ways of addressing those needs.

  • Medical Emergency Response Information—This section outlines procedures for the dissemination of health information of individual students, implementing health recommendations, and for maintaining and accessing health supplies and trained medical personnel. It also outlines the use and storage of Automatic External Defibrillators (AED).

  • School Safety Personnel Procedures and Assignments—This section includes visitor control procedures, security scanning (where applicable), and protocols for responding to specific disaster or emergency conditions such as fire, sheltering-in, bomb threat, suspicious packages, hazmat, shooting, and kidnapping.

Who is on the School Safety Plan Committee?

  • Chancellor’s Regulation A-414 requires that the following individuals are required to serve on a school’s Safety Committee: the principal, the UFT Chapter leader, the PT/PTA president (or designee), the school’s Level III School Safety Agent (or designee), the custodial engineer, the dietician (or designee), the NYPD commanding officer (or designee) of the local precinct, and a student representative.

School Safety Agents

  • School Safety Agents, who are part of the NYPD, work in conjunction with the school administrators to help maintain order and safety.

School Safety Agents have the following responsibilities:

  • Respond to immediate security situations.

  • Help school personnel maintain discipline and order.

  • Follow visitor control procedures.

  • Patrol areas within and immediately surrounding the school building.

  • Prevent intruders from entering the school building.

  • Report serious incidents to the school administration and School Safety Division.