Principal's "Check" List
- Met with the Crisis Management Team.
- Designated the Crisis Management Team Leader. Arranged for secondary staff to assist
Student's classroom teacher.
- Instructed a staff member to remove locker contents from the deceased student's locker.
- Designated a counseling support center in the building.
- Met with building staff.
- A directed staff member to review the student's cumulative folder and notify another school
principal as needed.
- Informed students regarding the death.
- Wrote letter to parents of all students regarding the death.
- Designated a staff member to collect funeral arrangement information. Informed students/
staff regarding funeral arrangements.
- Directed a staff member to remove the student's name from all mailing lists,
including the regional office.
- Called and/or visited parents.
- Held mid-day meeting with Crisis Management Team Leader to assess
response activities.
- Held after-school meeting.
- Met with Crisis Management Team at the end of the day to review day's activities,
review list of "high-risk" students, and plan for the next day's activities.