Safety measures for parents
                     SETTLEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Safety measures 
for Parents
SAFETY TIPS FOR 
PARENTS
POINTS TO TALK ABOUT
Each year, tragedies are reported of youngsters getting 
hurt or maybe tragically killed by darting between cars, 
not using a crossover, or motorists merely not being 
observant enough.
Child safety is the primary and foremost 
consideration when deciding how a kid is 
dropped off and picked up from school. 
Parents ought to check with their kid’s 
school or childcare provider to find out child 
safety procedures and routines.
OUR PURPOSE
GET FAMILIAR WITH SCHOOL DROP-
OFF AND PICK-UP PRACTICES
If the guard says “No stopping, standing or 
parking at any time,” which means for everybody.
DISCUSS AND PROBLEM SOLVING
If possible, take your kid to the drop-off space 
FOLLOW SAFETY and “practice” the procedure at an off-season 
RULES WITH time. Walk her through what to look for, what 
to do, and what to not do. Majority of the 
CHILDREN boarding school in Dehradun provides 
guidance and awareness to students 
regarding safety rules. 
TEACHING
If crossing guards are utilized, explain their 
purpose and the way they have to wait for 
approval to cross. Familiarity and so repetition is 
the most effective guidelines for guaranteeing kid 
safety all academic year long.
LEARNING
Parents ought to check with their kid’s school or 
childcare provider to find out child safety 
procedures and routines.
General kid Safety Tips 
Regarding School Buses
When a bus stops at a given point and Know that you should remain stopped 
flashes red lights, traffic approaching for a school bus till the red lights stop 
from either direction should stop before flashing, or till the driver or police 
reaching the bus. officer/traffic director directs you to 
proceed.
Be ready to slow down and possibly Remember who is boarding on a school 
stop whenever you see a school bus. bus. Traffic Police and school officers 
Also, understand that school buses report crazy and irresponsible driving 
stop before getting into any railway, behavior on the part of some motorists 
thus take care to follow too carefully. in their quest to pass a faculty bus.
Whipping your car around, 
Don’t Break getting your kid to dash out of 
the vehicle to reach the school 
Safety Rules before the school bell rings, or encouraging a “drop-and-dash” 
drop-off is that the direction for 
Because disaster in terms of kid safety. 
You’d rather your kid receive a 
You’re Late late notice than to be in an 
accident.
What Else Will Parents 
do in Terms of Driver 
Safety?
Many schools and Daycare use either paid or volunteer crossing 
guards, walkway monitors, parent greeters, or maybe escorted drop-
offs (where parents drive through a designated space, assembly-line 
fashion, wherever greeters open the car door and quickly get the kid 
out and into the school).
If you can spare the time, facilitate to do your part and volunteer. 
Parent-Teacher Organizations (PTOs) are typically instrumental in 
kid safety help, thus see if your school has such a whatsApp group 
and whether you can become a part of it. Some volunteers 
additionally facilitate to escort kids walking or riding bikes home 
alone as an extra kid safety precaution.