School Safety

School Safety Drills 

All Michigan public schools are required to conduct safety drills throughout the school year to ensure students and staff are well-prepared in the event of an emergency. Per Michigan Public Act 12 of 2014, schools must conduct the following safety drills annually:

  • 5 fire safety drills per school year
  • 2 tornado safety drills per school year
  • 3 lockdown drills

View the Google SheetSchool Safety Drills Report for TCAPS schools. To view a specific school, click on the school name at the top of the document.

See Something, Say Something

Students can provide anonymous tips at any time through the OK2SAY tip line. 

OK 2 Say


OK2SAY is the student safety program that allows students to confidentially report tips on potential harm or criminal activities directed at students, school employees, and schools. It is designed to empower Michigan students to help prevent violence and make their schools safe by confidentially reporting threatening behavior. Anyone can report tips on criminal activities or potential harm directed at students, school employees, or schools. Tips can be submitted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


Submit A Tip

School Safety Glossary
 

  • Secure Mode would be used when heightened security is warranted due to a possible threat outside the building. During Secure Mode, the doors will remain in the normal daily locked mode, therefore, Secure Mode only adds the provision that no one can enter or exit the building. The school day will continue as normal with students moving about the building as they typically would. 

  • Lockdown would be used when there is an imminent threat to the building or presence of a hazardous material nearby.

  • Blue Lights are activated as a notification system to alert staff and students inside and outside of the building that a lockdown has been implemented. 

All threats or comments of violence are taken extremely seriously. The district stresses the importance of school safety, and for students and parents who hear something, to say something. Students can always talk to any staff member at their school or can anonymously report an incident to the OK2SAY tip line. Ensuring students understand the importance of school safety provides an added layer to the safety and well-being of students and staff. 

What Parents & Students Need to Know:
 

  • Report any threat against yourself or others to the school principal.
  • Trained threat assessment teams investigate threats, potentially involving police or other agencies. 
  • Investigations may include searches of lockers, vehicles, and personal property.
  • Schools must protect all students, faculty, and staff from foreseeable violence at school or school-sponsored activities.
  • TCAPS Board Policy grants authority for threat assessments.
  • Interviews will be conducted with the student making the threat and anyone with relevant information.
  • Parents will be notified the same day an investigation occurs.
  • Threatening behavior may lead to disciplinary action, including expulsion.
  • A safety intervention plan will be developed for the student who made the threat; threatened students may also receive a support plan.