Safety
Committed to Safe and Secure Schools
The Manhattan Beach Unified School District continues to keep the safety of students and staff as its highest priority by utilizing multiple safety measures already implemented throughout the District that help us provide safe, secure, and positive learning environments.
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- Patrol officers and maintenance staff conduct security checks throughout their respective shifts.
- Each school site maintains a locked perimeter during the school day, and all visitors to campus are required to check in through each school’s front office and to wear a visitor’s badge while on campus.
- Every campus conducts regular drills to prepare for the possibility of a variety of emergencies, including earthquakes, fire, shelter-in-place, and lockdown drills.
- Each school reviews and updates its safety plan on an annual basis, and the Board of Trustees approves those plans.
- The City currently staffs two MBPD officers who are assigned full-time to District schools through the Police Department’s School Resource Officer Program.
- All emergency systems at all school sites are tested regularly.
- Security camera systems at all campuses
- Classroom doors are equipped with Lock-Blocs to help teachers lock and secure doors from the inside of their classrooms.
- Police, City officials, and school administrators meet regularly to discuss opportunities to improve school safety and security measures.
- The Police SWAT Team conducts an annual review of each school’s infrastructure and emergency evacuation plan.
- MBPD patrol supervisors regularly conduct briefings and training with officers to address emergency responses to our schools.
- The MBUSD Board of Trustees, on December 11, 2019, adopted a resolution supporting safe gun storage; parents are informed of this important resolution on an annual basis.
Communication during Emergencies
We all know that unfortunate and unplanned events can occur. Please know that the priority in an emergency will always be to assure the safety of students and staff. In case of an emergency, we are prepared to provide students, staff, parents, and the school community with timely, accurate, and honest information.
Information – especially rumors – spreads quickly. Even one inaccurate email, text message, or social media post can spark rumors, create unnecessary panic, or make a real emergency even worse. In case of an emergency, we ask that you remember to look for accurate information from your student’s school administrator or the District. We deliver emergency messages via email, text, call, and social media. The District and schools also promote “See or Hear Something, Say Something” among parents/guardians, students, and staff, and encourage everyone to speak up.
How can you help?
In an emergency, parents and families have a role in helping to keep the school community safe. Because phone lines may be busy or impacted, it will be important to keep them open for use by local safety officials. Also, if the school is on lockdown, we may not be able to allow anyone on or off campus immediately. Here’s how families can help:
- Please be patient and monitor email and other communication platforms for information and updates. We WILL notify parents and guardians.
- Please make sure that we have the best phone number, cell number, and email address to reach you (keep updated in Aeries).
- Please remember to rely only on official sources of information during an emergency. We do not want to complicate a crisis with inaccurate information and rumors.
By working together, we can be effective partners in creating the safest school environments possible.
Click here to learn about MBUSD digital safety
We know that creating a safe, healthy, and positive learning environment is critical to helping each child achieve academic success at MBUSD. We are committed to promoting our Climate of Care throughout our District.
We have multiple layers of digital protection implemented across our District to make sure our students and staff are safe in the digital world. Please click on the various platforms below to learn more.
Click here for District Board Policy: 5145.9 Hate-Motivated Behavior
Sprigeo - Click here to learn how to report bullying incidents and safety threats
How does the Sprigeo system work?
Students can access the reporting form directly through a link on our school website, Sprigeo.com, or you may also download an Apple or Android app. Students can also download the app by searching “Sprigeo” on the app store for their devices. After a student completes the reporting form and clicks the “Submit” button, the report details are sent in a secure email to our school administrators. While reports can be submitted anonymously, over 90% of students choose to include their names when using the Sprigeo system.
Click HERE to download the Apple app.
Click HERE to download the Android app.
Click HERE for the MBUSD website.
Does the school receive false reports?
Over 95% of reports sent through the Sprigeo system have been confirmed as authentic requests for help with a bullying incident or school safety threat. Unlike text messages or Snapchat posts that can be shared among students, all Sprigeo reports are viewable only by school administrators, minimizing the impact one student has of falsely accusing or abusing another student.
Why is there a need for an online reporting system?
The number one reason why students do not report bullying or abuse is the fear of retaliation from their peers. The Sprigeo reporting form can be accessed from the privacy of a home computer or other Internet-equipped device, eliminating the possibility of being identified by another student.
To submit a report, please click on the Sprigeo logo below. After you submit the form, Sprigeo sends an email to your school administrator with all of the details from your report.
GoGuardian
GoGuardian provides an additional layer of filtering at MBMS, logging attempts and limiting students’ access to risky and malicious websites while they are signed in to their District-issued Google accounts. During the school day, it also provides tools that allow MBMS teachers to see what individual students are doing on their devices during class time.
Districtwide Content Filter
This provides districtwide filtering to prevent staff and students from accessing risky and malicious websites while connecting to the internet from within the District’s network.
Bark
Bark monitors students’ online activity when they are logged into their District-issued Google accounts and provides real-time alerts about risky behavior.
Click here to read about AB 1466 - Restraint and Seclusion Data
Governor Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1466 on October 8, 2023. This law seeks to increase transparency by allowing members of the public easy access to information relevant to the control of student behavior in school environments. Effective immediately, all local educational agencies (LEAs) will be required to post on their websites the same data related to restraint and seclusion that they are currently required to share with the California Department of Education (CDE).
What Does AB 1466 Add to Existing Law?
Existing law limits the use of restraint and seclusion by school personnel. It also requires local educational agencies (LEAs) to annually collect data and report to the CDE specific information about the use of behavioral restraints and seclusion in schools. California Education Code section 49006 requires that no later than three months after the end of a school year, LEAs must submit a report to CDE that includes:
- The number of students subjected to mechanical restraint;
- The number of students subjected to physical restraint;
- The number of students subjected to seclusion;
- The number of times mechanical restraint was used on students;
- The number of times physical restraint was used on students; and
- The number of times seclusion was used on students.
This information must be separated by race or ethnicity and gender, with separate counts for students with Section 504 plans and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and those without such plans.
AB 1466 amends section 49006(c) to now require LEAs to also annually post the data collected and reported to CDE on their individual internet websites. LEAs remain obligated to make the data collected and reported available as a public record.
Click here to access MBUSD’s data on the California Department of Education website and learn more about specific factors.