Community Consolidated School District 15 is continually searching for ways to increase building security and student safety. Therefore, we have been working with local law enforcement agencies to revise our parent/visitor procedures to align with the surrounding high school districts that District 15 students attend. We would like to take this opportunity to notify you of these new procedures for the 2011-2012 school year.

Beginning with the first day of school, August 24, all parents/visitors who are seeking to enter a school building beyond the school office area will be required to do the following when they enter a District 15 school:

• Enter through the designated visitor entrance door. Ring the doorbell, and a staff member will release the lock.
• Go directly to the school’s main office and sign in to the school’s visitor’s log, providing any pertinent information listed on the log (such as your name, destination, reason for visit, time in/time out, etc.)
• Provide personal government-issued identification card with a photo (such as a driver’s license or state identification card) in exchange for a visitor’s pass.
• Visibly wear the visitor pass that is provided by the school’s office personnel for the duration of the visit.
• Observe all laws, school policies, procedures, and rules while visiting the school.
• Sign out of the visitor’s log and return the visitor’s pass in exchange for personal government-issued identification.

For the safety of students and staff, exterior doors of the school building will continue to be locked at all times except when children are entering or exiting.

Again, this new procedure has been put in place to provide for the safety of our students and staff.