It is the goal of the Chenango Valley Central School District that the students be educated in a safe school environment. In a continuing effort to achieve this goal, routine inspections of the physical condition of all buildings and grounds will be conducted. School personnel will review safe practices with the students, particularly in those areas of instruction or extracurricular activities that offer special hazards. Safety education will be offered to students as germane to particular subjects such as laboratory courses in science, technology, health, and physical education. Students and/or parent/guardian are also required to immediately notify school staff members if they are injured at school.

Nurses and coaches are required to be certified in first aid and are available to our students during the school day and extracurricular athletic activities. Should a student be injured while in care of the district and first aid is required, parents/guardians will be telephoned or contacted in an appropriate manner by the school. Parents/guardians need not be contacted for a minor injury, but should be contacted if the severity of the injury warrants. If the injury is severe or if there appears to be severe pain, the principal or his/her designee will call for an ambulance. In areas of doubt, outside medical assistance will be sought. The parent/guardian will be responsible for the cost of outside medical assistance related to a school incurred injury. A claim for medical expenses not covered by the family’s insurance plan may be submitted to the school district’s accident insurance carrier for consideration.

*All accidents require an accident report be completed by the supervisor of the activity.