How Safe Is Your Child?
By Kim Hamer | February 23, 2010
Haiti. Horror doesn’t even begin….
Four weeks later, it’s still a mess.
Living here in LA the threat of earthquakes is part of our reality.
In my back yard we have an earthquake kit filled with:
comfort food
lots of canned chili
a small camping stove
a bucket and bleach
toilet paper, masks, gloves, toothbrushes, water and several rolls of duct tape.
I get the urge to cover my hears and hum “Mary Had A Little Lamb” loudly every time I think of an earthquake. At least, I believe, if a big one hits, we’ll be able to manage for a few days.
That is….if the earthquake hits while the kids and I are at home. Chances are good it will happen when my kids are in school.
Sing loudly with me! “Mary had a little lamb, little lamb….”
How safe is your child’s school?
Even if you don ‘t live in an earthquake prone area, it’s important that you know what procedures the school has in place if there is a stranger on campus, a tornado, tsunami or (put your disaster here_________).
The plan should encompass many points but the four you will be concerned about are:
Point 1 Does the school have an earthquake(or other disaster) plan?
Point 2 How will the school contact you?
Point 3 What happens if you can’t be reached or can’t get your child?
Point 4 Is the school equipped to keep all of the kids for 24 hours?
At one of the schools my kids attend their plan includes a school outside California. That is the school all parents are to call. They’ll relay all pertinent information to the families. Will it work? I don’t know but it’s a plan and if there is plan that means that thought has gone into how to keep my children safe.
That makes singing a little less necessary.
Can they guarantee my kids safety? Of course not and neither can I. As I have seen in my own life, tragedy happens. No reason needed.
However, if your school has a plan to protect my children, I know I don’t have to sing as loud when I think about a disaster.
What is your school’s plan?
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