The Carlsbad Unified School District is committed to providing a safe and secure learning environment for all of our students and staff. As a school district, the safety and welfare of our students and staff is our highest priority.

Visitor Check-In

All visitors to a CUSD school site much check with the Verkada security system in the front office. While this may at times seem like and inconvenience, it is essential that we know every person who enters or schools' doors.

If you have questions regarding the check in process, please contact your school's principal as listed in our staff directory.

Medication at School

In accordance with California Education Code Section 49422 and 49423, no medication will be administered to a student in school unless the necessary forms and information are provided to the district.

For copies of the required forms, please contact your school's health office or visit the health office page on your school's website.

Safety in CUSD

District administrators meet regularly with our local police departments to help ensure effective emergency operations planning for the safety of our students and staff. While nothing is ever fail-safe, we believe the following precautions work to provide a safe environment for our students:

• All building doors are locked during the school day. Visitors must be permitted to enter the buildings after identifying themselves and their purpose to the office personnel. While this may at times seem like an inconvenience, it is essential that we know every person who enters our schools' doors..
• All staff members are required to wear identification badges to ensure that they are easily identifiable. Visitors must also sign in at the office and wear a visitor's identification badge/sticker.
• District and building administrators are visible in schools and at extracurricular events.
• Students and staff practice safety drills throughout the school year to ensure students and staff are prepared to respond in a crisis.
• Teachers and administrators who are part of the crisis team receive professional crisis training.
• The District conducts Risk and Vulnerability Assessments with the local police department to determine areas of needed safety improvement at schools.
• The District maintains a hotline for anyone to report anonymous tips via P3 Global Intel.
• The District recently completed a two-year revision of the District’s Emergency Operations Plan which follows the National Incident Management System model.
• We ask staff to be vigilant in monitoring guests as they walk the halls of our buildings; staff are instructed that in the event they observe someone without a District-authorized identification, they are to question the individual’s presence and escort them back to the office.