• REQUIRED PROCEDURE - THUNDERSTORM/TORNADO WARNING

    In the event a thunderstorm warning or a tornado warning is issued for areas in which a school of the School System is located, the principal or designee of that school shall take all actions as specified in the approved Civil Defense Plan.  Under a thunderstorm warning or a tornado warning, students shall NOT be released via regular transportation plans (i.e., car pools, private vehicles, etc.) provided the warning is in effect at the time set for concluding normal school day activities, except that students may be released during a thunderstorm warning or a tornado warning to students' parents or guardians at the end of the school day, provided said parents or guardians come to the school and assume custody of their child(ren).