Schools have historically been very effective conduits for infectious diseases.  Public health officials and school administrators know this and have called for temporary “recesses” from school to slow down outbreaks. Schools are an important consideration in planning efforts for many types of events.

The S.A.F.E. Center is a web site maintained by ISTE® (the International Society for Technology in Education), and is a very good resource for school administrators.  

In particular, the “Emergencies” and “Plans” portions of the site give in-depth information on each hazard and planning templates to help schools develop their response protocols.  This would be a good site for parents to forward to their school officials, as this is a new site and is relatively unknown.  There is a link to the SAFE Center on the Institute’s main page under “Academic Continuity”.