Osseo Area Schools
Family Reunification Guide
For Parents
The following procedures will be used to reunite students with their
parents/guardians if the school grounds must be evacuated.
1. Students will be transported to the Brooklyn Park Community Activity Center for reunification with parents/guardians.
2. The district will notify parents/guardians that students need to be picked up at the reunification site.
3. Parents/Guardians will remain in the designated Waiting Area (shown on back) until students arrive.
a. Students will be released by class.
b. Each teacher’s name will be announced in the Waiting Area as students are ready for release.
c. Not all students will be arriving at the same time, so please be patient.
d. While you are waiting, please complete “Section 1” of the Student Release Form.
- Staff in the Waiting Area can assist you with identifying teachers’ names, etc.
e. Waiting Area staff will need to verify your identity in “Section 2” of the Student Release Form.
- Driver’s license or other photo identification is required.
f. If you arrive after the reunification process has begun, please check with staff to see if your student’s teacher’s name has already been called.
4. When you hear your student’s teacher’s name announced, proceed to the Request Gate with your Student Release Form.
a. Only individuals whose identification has been verified will be allowed to proceed.
b. The Request Gate Greeter will verify if the student is available.
- If the student is on site and ready to be picked up, parents/guardians will be allowed to proceed to the Request Gate.
- If the student did not arrive at the reunification site with their class, parents/guardians will be escorted to an area where staff can provide individual assistance with verifying the student’s location and status.
c. Request Gate staff will verify that requestors are authorized to pick up the student.
- Students will be released only to individuals listed on the student’s emergency contact record or authorized by the parent/guardian.
d. If the requestor is authorized, staff will complete “Section 3” of the Student Release Form.
e. Individuals not listed on the student’s emergency record will be directed to the Authorization Area for assistance completing “Section 4” of the Student Release Form.
5. Authorized adults may proceed to the Release Gate for reunification with their student.
6. If you have more than one student to pick up, please return to the Waiting Area and wait for the next student’s teacher’s name to be called.
DRAFT 5/7/15