Emergency/Early Dismissals
Please refer to the following ABACUS procedures for emergency dismissal from school:
No School
No
school indicates there is no ABACUS. Listen for announcements on Radio
Stations, TV Stations, and Cable Channels for Attleboro, WPRO
Providence 630AM, Boston WBZ 1030AM, Channels 4,5,6,10,12, Educational
Access 9 and Local Access 15.
Delayed Start
Ex: School will open 60 minutes later. ABACUS will open 60 minutes later than usual also.
Parents and children are not allowed in the building before the delayed opening time.
Early Dismissal
If
a child normally attends ABACUS on a day when school is dismissed, the
child is expected to come to ABACUS until he/she is picked up. Listen
to the above radio stations and if you hear school is canceled, please
pick your child/ren up from ABACUS as soon as it is safe for you to do
so.
We will attempt to call all parents as soon as
possible to let you know of early dismissal due to inclement weather.
In the event the buildings are closed due to an emergency, you will be
contacted and asked to make arrangements to pick up your child/ren by a
designated time (i.e. Hurricane Floyd, December 13, 2007 snow storm).
Please note that ABACUS staff cannot
authorize a child’s dismissal and transportation by bus. It is the
responsibility of the guardian to call the school and make those
arrangements. After the arrangements have been made, the parent or
guardian must then notify ABACUS that their child will not be attending.
In the event of a dismissal, every effort will be made to contact the primary parent or guardian. Please keep the ABACUS OFFICE
informed of all emergency contact phone number changes. It is not
enough to assume school offices inform ABACUS of these changes. Ensure
your child’s safety and inform us yourself.
Evacuation of Building
Students
will report to designated area where attendance will be taken.
Students are to remain with their teacher until the recall is
announced.
In case it is determined that more time is needed to
search the building, school buses will be notified and students will be
relocated to a designated school or location. The telephone number of
appropriate relocation will be posted on the front door of the school
building.