In addition to securing buildings and campuses, leaders at Flagstaff charter schools emphasized the importance of preparing students and staff to respond during an emergency and developing both response plans and a positive school culture.
Common safety practices at Flagstaff schools include regular drills of their response to various emergencies (with posters in the classrooms to remind students what to do), annual reviews of emergency operations plans and work with the Arizona Department of Education and local law enforcement agencies.Â
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An audit of safety measures in Arizona schools published in December found gaps in the design and implementation of emergency operations plans…
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Students line up outside of their first classroom of the day as FALA students prepare to begin their 2023-2024 academic year.
Rachel Gibbons, Arizona Daily Sun file
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Flagstaff Junior Academy’s new home
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun file
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BASIS Flagstaff students staff and visitors all enter and exit the school through a secured atrium, which has two locked doors, one to get into the atrium and then a second to get from the atrium into the school itself.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
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Jeff Hines, a science teacher at Northland Preparatory Academy, demonstrates a science experiment as a part of the school's showcase in this 2021 file photo. Prospective students and their families were able to tour the facilities and get an inside look at NPA's programs.
Rachel Gibbons, Arizona Daily Sun file
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The lobby at the high school building at Northland Preparatory Academy.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
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