You are a principal of a public middle school in rural Mississippi

Part A: Crisis Response (NELP 6.1)

You are a principal of a public middle school in rural Mississippi. It is 3:30 pm on a Thursday in February. School released at 3:05 pm and freezing rain began falling at 2:30 pm.

The district’s central office administrative assistant just called and said she just received a report that Bus #10 has been involved in a crash. Initial reports indicate the bus slid off of a gravel road into the ditch, then overturned. She reminded you the superintendent went with the high school principal to a state training and was not answering her phone.

Questions:

What are the three most important considerations at this time?
How will you coordinate responding agencies?
Note: Use state and national resources to formulate your critique.