A program for annual inspection, in addition to those conducted by authorized agencies, of the equipment, facilities, and grounds will be conducted as part of the maintenance schedule for school district buildings and sites. The results of this inspection will be reported to the board at its annual meeting. Further, the board may conduct its own inspection of the school district buildings and sites annually.
Legal Reference:
Iowa Code § 279.8
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802 Maintenance, Operation and Management
Approved July 1999
Reviewed February 2022
Revised
The safety and security of the school community is paramount to Winfield – Mt. Union Community School. While there is no absolute guarantee of safety, it is the goal of the district to encourage and support a physically secure learning and working environment within its buildings. The district will work in conjunction with community stakeholders including local emergency management coordinators and local law enforcement agencies to create emergency operations plans for all district buildings and school buildings where students are educated.
The superintendent will be responsible for the development, review and implementation of the district emergency operations plan. The plan will include procedures for transmitting alerts regarding emergency situations to school personnel, students, and employers for non-school employees whose presence is regularly required in the school building. The emergency operations plan will be updated and reviewed annually by the Board and will address responses to natural disasters, active shooter scenarios and other emergencies as determined by the district. The emergency operations plans are confidential and will not be subject to disclosure under Iowa Code Chapter 22. However, the district will publish procedures for students, school personnel, parents, and family members to report possible safety threats on school grounds and at school activities.
The administration will hold annual emergency operations drills at each district building covered by an emergency operations plan in accordance with law. The district will determine which school personnel will participate and whether local law enforcement and students participate in annual drills.
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800 Objectives of Building and Sites
Approved July 1999
Reviewed February 2022
Revised
The Winfield-Mt. Union Community School District seeks to provide a safe environment for students, staff, and visitors who are at risk of potentially life-threatening incidents including opioid overdose. Therefore, it is the policy of the district to annually obtain a prescription opioid antagonists from a licensed health care professional, in the name of the school district, for administration by school nurse or personnel trained and authorized to administer to a student or individual who may be experiencing an acute opioid overdose.
Procurement and maintenance of supply: The district shall stock a minimum of the following for each attendance center:
five doses of narcan (opoid antagonist or its generic)
The supply of such medication shall be maintained in a secure, easily accessible area for an emergency within the school building, or in addition to other locations as determined by the school district.
The school nurse shall routinely check stock of medication and document in a log monthly:
The expiration date;
The employee shall be responsible for ensuring the district replaces, as soon as reasonably possible, the opioid antagonist that is empty after use, damaged or, close to expiration., The district shall dispose of stock medications and delivery devices in accordance with state laws and regulations.
Training: A school nurse or personnel trained and authorized may provide or administer any of the medication listed in this policy from a school supply to a student or individual if the authorized personnel or school nurse reasonably and in good faith believes the student or individual is having an opioid overdose. Training to obtain a signed certificate to become personnel authorized to administer an opioid antagonist shall consist of the requirements of medication administration established by law and an opioid overdose training program approved by the Department of Education.
Authorized personnel will be required to retake the medication administration course, training program and provide a procedural skills demonstration to the school nurse demonstrating competency in the administration of opioid antagonists to retain authorization to administer these medications if the following occur:
Failure to administer an opioid antagonist according to generally accepted standards of practice (“medication error”); or
Accidental injury to school personnel related to improperly administering the medication (“medication incident”).
Reporting: The district will contact emergency medical services (911) immediately after a stock opioid antagonist is administered to a student or individual. The school nurse or authorized personnel will remain with the student or individual until emergency medical services arrive.
Within 48 hours, the district will report to the Iowa Department of Education:
Each medication incident with the administration stock opioid antagonist;
Each medication error with the administration of stock opioid antagonist; or
The administration of a stock opioid antagonist.
As provided by law, the district, board, authorized personnel or school nurse, and the prescriber shall not be liable for any injury arising from the provision, administration, failure to administer, or assistance in the administration of an opioid antagonist provided they acted reasonably and in good faith.
The superintendent may develop an administrative process to implement this policy.
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Iowa Code §§ 135.185; 190; 279.8. |
Friable and nonfriable asbestos containing materials will be maintained in good condition and appropriate precautions will be followed when the material is disturbed. If there is a need to replace asbestos it will be replaced with nonasbestos containing materials. Each school building will maintain a copy of the asbestos management plan.
The school district will appoint and train appropriate employees as necessary.
Legal Reference:
20 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq. (2010).
40 C.F.R. Pt. 763 (2010).
Iowa Code §§ 279.52-.54 (2013).
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403.4 Hazardous Chemical Disclosure
802 Maintenance, Operation and Management
Approved July 1999
Reviewed January 2017
Revised
District-Generated Recordings
The district believes in the importance of providing a safe and enriching learning environment possible for its students. The district uses digital recording devices on school property including school transportation vehicles to help protect the safety of district students, employees and community members; and to safeguard district property which is funded using public resources. Additionally, district-generated recordings of students engaging in the district’s educational and extracurricular programs can be essential to engage positively with the school community and promote the value of public education.
In order to balance privacy and safety interests, no recording devices will be utilized on district property where individuals maintain a reasonable expectation of privacy. These areas include but are not limited to: the school nurse’s office, restrooms, locker rooms, changing areas, lactation spaces and employee break areas.
Recordings of students have the potential to be considered education records. Any recordings will be maintained and accessed in compliance with the requirements of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act and the district’s policy on student records.
Recordings will be digitally maintained and stored for an appropriate amount of time to maintain the safety of the educational environment and to safeguard district property, after which they will be destroyed. The superintendent or superintendent’s designee will establish any necessary regulations related to the secure storage, maintenance, viewing and destruction of digital recordings.
Non-District Generated Recordings
The use of non-district owned recording devices on school property and at school events will be regulated. Students, parents and community members will not be permitted to take recordings of other students or employees during school hours unless the recording is authorized in advance by building administration. Students and employees found to violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary measures consistent with board policy and applicable student and employee handbooks. This policy will not be construed or enforced in a way that infringes on employee activity otherwise protected by law.
It is important to foster a community spirit and sense of unity within the district. However, the district acknowledges that not every student or staff member feels comfortable or safe being recorded. At district-sponsored extracurricular events and activities, the use of non-district owned recording devices by the public may be monitored by administration if a concern is made known to district administration by a student, employee or parent. Any individuals determined to be making recordings considered bothersome to students or staff may be asked to stop or destroy their recording and may be asked to leave the event.
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506.1 Student Records
Approved February 2022
Reviewed February 2022
The district recognizes the importance of providing healthy learning environments for students, employees and community members in district buildings. The district will take appropriate measures as required by law to assess radon levels in attendance centers and provide for mitigation or other measures where appropriate.
It is the responsibility of the superintendent to create administrative regulations necessary to carry out this policy.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code §§ 280.32
Approved March 2023
Reviewed
Revised
The district will create, and the board will approve a plan to assess levels of radon gas present in district attendance centers. Funding for any costs related to radon testing or mitigation will be paid from the state school foundation aid received to the district or from revenues received from the Secure an Advanced Vision for Education fund.
Each district attendance center will undergo a short-term test for the presence of radon gas at least once by July 1, 2027. Short-term test means a test using a device that remains in an area for two to seven days to determine the amount of radon in the air. Repeated short-term testing will occur every five years following the date of the first test.
Radon testing will be performed by an individual certified to conduct such testing pursuant to Iowa Code section 136B.1 or by district employees who have completed a school radon testing training program approved by the Iowa Department of Education and the Iowa Department of Public Health.
If the results of any short-term test at an attendance center are at or above four picocuries per liter, the district will conduct a second short-term test in spaces with elevated levels within sixty days of the first test. If the averaged test results of the first and second tests are at or above four picocuries per liter, the district will retain an individual credentialed to develop a radon mitigation plan.
The plan may include further diagnostic testing, corrective measures, and active mitigation. The mitigation plan will be completed within two years of first short-term test unless the district plans to abandon or renovate the attendance center within five years and renovation includes radon mitigation.
All new school construction will include radon resistant construction techniques.