Safety

At Stott, we believe that school safety is a shared responsibility. In order to help insure safety of all of our students, the following safety procedures are in place:

• PLEASE USE THE CROSSWALKS AT ALL TIMES! We appreciate your support as we teach children to use the crosswalks and to be accompanied by an adult as they cross the parking lot at the beginning and end of the day.
• Parents, please remind your rider (bicycle, skateboard, or scooter) to walk once on school property. We have lots of little kids making their way into the building and up the sidewalks, and we need to keep it safe for all! Don’t forget those helmets too!
• All visitors to Stott must enter through the front doors of the building and proceed immediately to the office to check-in.
• All visitors must wear a visitor badge at all times when they are inside the school building.
• We ask that anyone picking up a student be prepared to show identification.
• Please do not enter or exit through any doors other than the main front doors.
• Please do not allow entrance to the building for anyone that has not been buzzed in through the front doors.

Following these expectations will help maintain safety for everyone.

Please use the double lanes to drop off and pick up students. When using the lane next to the curb, children may exit from both sides of the car when using the lane closest to the parking lot, children must exit the passenger side only children exiting onto the center painted lane should walk forward to the crosswalk then over to the sidewalk children should not cut between cars.

Both lanes should move as quickly and cautiously as possible. Parents please stay in your vehicle. Vehicles need to cautiously drive through the curved lane (to the left of the bus zone) and exit the parking lot.

Please do not park in the bus loading zone or fire lane at any time. You may pull ahead of the bus lane to drop off or pick up your child.

If parking your car to walk your child into school, be sure to use one of the two crosswalks marked by a green safety kid. Children may not walk through the parking lot, without an adult, before or after school.

Jeffco Public Schools is committed to protecting the safety and well-being of our students and staff. The Department of School Safety & Security takes pride in providing the safest environment for all students. All staff, students and school communities deserve an environment that is welcoming and without threats, bullying, intimidation and harassment.

To receive important emails, texts and phone calls, families must keep their phone number and email updated in Infinite Campus.

The district has over 150 safety and security staff in Campus Security, Dispatch, Emergency Management, Armed Patrol and Judicial Services/Behavioral Threat Management working 24 hours a day to protect schools.

All Jeffco high schools and many middle schools have a successful School Resource Officer (SRO) program thanks to strong partnerships with every first responder and Law Enforcement agency in Jefferson County.

Watch the "Jeffco School Safety: Five Departments Devoted to a Duty to Protect” video to learn more about Jeffco’s nationally recognized School Safety program.

Emergency Communication

The fastest way to get information in an emergency situation is to follow Jeffco on X and Facebook (@JeffcoSchoolsCO) and check Jeffco’s homepage on the website for alerts. 

The SchoolMessenger system uses what families enter into the Infinite Campus Online Registration system for contact information. Families must ensure this information is always updated.

Your Role: What Families Should Do in an Emergency 

• Stay away. Do not go to the school. This may interfere with procedures. Only public safety personnel will be allowed in or near a school during an emergency situation. 
• Do not call. Do not call the school or security staff. We understand you may want to communicate with your student during an emergency, but calling may prevent them from hearing important instructions.
• Be informed. Monitor your phone, email, district social media channels, local law enforcement or fire social media channels and local news. Jeffco provides fast and accurate information to its community. In some situations, accurate information can take a long time to verify and share. Please be patient.
• Be ready. When you are asked to pick up your student, come quickly and bring your identification to the reunification location communicated to you. Jeffco will only release students to adults listed on that student’s Infinite Campus page. Make sure anyone who could pick up your student in an emergency is listed. This can include neighbors, friends or other family members.