When severe weather, including lightning, impacts KISD campuses at arrival or dismissal, Keller ISD has very specific guidelines that campuses must follow. These procedures are put in place to keep students and adults safe. Per KISD safety procedures, during severe weather conditions such as lightening, thunderstorms, tornado warnings, students are brought into the building from outside activities and held inside until conditions are safe. KISD regulations do not allow us to dismiss students to busses or to walk out of the building while severe weather is in the area.
During this time, KISD employees are not allowed outside to help with arrival in the morning or to dismiss students in the afternoon. We will place red signs out by the driveways that read, Severe Weather, as soon as we make a decision on making arrival/dismissal a “severe weather arrival/dismissal.”
In the morning during arrival, that means we will have no campus staff outside to help. It is recommended that parents only drop off closest to the building since no one will be outside to help with cross walk. Students will not be counted tardy on severe weather mornings until the parking lots are clear of traffic.
For dismissal, parents who have arrived at South Keller Intermediate to pick-up their children may wait in their cars until the weather subsides. Although it is not recommended, a parent may choose to leave her or his car and enter the building during severe weather and escort her or his child outside during dismissal. I know that this is an extra hassle for you in the morning or afternoon and I want to thank you for understanding and ensuring that we keep both students and adults safe.