Occasionally, due to unanticipated situations, it is necessary to dismiss students prior to the end of the school day. At the beginning of the school year, parents will complete an "Emergency Early Dismissal Approval Information" form. This form will specify how students will be dismissed from school. In case of an emergency dismissal, the following procedures will be used:

1. The Principal or designee calls the four (4) Homebase Parent Chairs.

2. The Homebase Chairs will call the Homebase Parent Representatives to inform them that school is being dismissed early.

3. The Homebase Parent Representatives will call the parents of the students on their lists to inform them of the emergency closing and that their children will be dismissed as per the instructions on the Emergency Early Dismissal Card, repeating those instructions to the parents. The Homebase Parents will list those parents that they did not contact.

4. Each Homebase Parent will call his/her Homebase Parent Chair and give the names of those parents that were not contacted.

5. Each Homebase Chair will compile a list of all parents in his/her grade level who were not contacted and will call the middle school with that information.

6. The school will then attempt to contact those parents who were not reached by the Homebase Parent Representatives.

7. Any 5^th grade student whose parents can not be reached by telephone will remain in school until their parents are reached and means of dismissal confirmed. Students in grades 6, 7, and 8 will be dismissed at the designated time as per the instructions on the Emergency Dismissal Information Cards. Although parents will be contacted, the contact will not be required to allow the student to leave the school.