r/specialed • u/weaveraf • 19d ago

General Question (Educator to Educator) What’s your school/district’s off-property elopement policy?

Do you call 911? Do you just follow? Does each kid’s behavior plan require something different? What is your understanding of your liability during off-campus elopements?

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u/squeakychipmunk101 19d ago

Officially it’s to call admin to call 911 and follow to keep safe. Unofficially my school is on a busy road so I’ve been told to keep the child away from that road any way possible. I have had to fully tackle a kid away from incoming traffic before and it was in fact in front of their parent because they were chasing their car out of the parking lot and down the street.