The School shall provide a safe environment consistent with all legal requirements. To this purpose, GDNYCS is charged with the responsibility of maintaining security, health and safety at the School. Specifically, the School shall assume the responsibility to investigate all conditions which are reported to be unsafe, hazardous, unhealthy, or potentially dangerous and shall take necessary steps to have the conditions remedied.
The Union and the Board shall establish a joint Safety Committee which shall meet on a regular basis but no less than once a semester, to discuss and consider appropriate means of maintaining a safe and healthy work environment. The Committee and any experts it may designate will have access to the School for the purpose of investigating and assessing the safety of the School. Such visits may be made upon reasonable notice to the School in any manner that minimizes disruption to the School.
The School shall develop, in collaboration with the Union, parents and students, the School’s Safety Agents and representatives from all other schools located in the same building, a comprehensive safety plan, subject to Board approval. The safety plan shall be updated annually by the Safety Committee. Reports of any safety incidents shall be shared with the Chapter Leader as soon as practicable.
Employees shall be responsible to report to the School in writing any unsafe, hazardous, unhealthy, or potentially dangerous working condition. A response will be provided to the Employee within a time frame which reflects the urgency of the concern but in no event later than ten (10) school days. When complaints or reports of an urgent manner related to safety are brought to the Principal’s attention, such reports shall be immediately addressed in accordance with the building-wide safety plan and, as appropriate, in conjunction with the School’s Safety Agents.
The School shall maintain visitor protocols to ensure a safe environment.
Employees will be prohibited from driving students in their personal vehicles, and Employees assume liability for their own vehicles.
Unit members shall immediately report cases of assault or threatened assault suffered in connection with their employment to the School and to local law enforcement. The School or designee shall comply with any reasonable request from the Employee for information in the possession of the School relating to the incident or the persons involved, and shall act in appropriate ways as liaison between the Employee, local law enforcement and the courts.