Safety & Security

The Wylie Independent School District is committed to providing a safe environment for students, staff, and visitors. We work closely with our first responders to ensure our schools are well prepared for an emergency. We have developed a comprehensive plan that covers a wide variety of events such as natural disasters, criminal acts, medical emergencies, reunification, and recovery. This guide aids our district employees, students, and our public safety partners when an incident occurs in our schools.

The backbone of our school safety plan are the police officers from the Wylie Police Department and Sachse Police Department that work within our schools. These school resource officers (SRO) are carefully selected, specially trained, and properly equipped full-time law enforcement professionals with sworn law enforcement authority trained in school-based law enforcement and crisis response. SROs contribute to the campus team by working closely with campus staff, deterring criminal activities, investigating crime, educating students about law-related topics, and mentoring students as informal advisers and role models.

Wylie ISD has employed the latest technologies and procedures to create safe and secure schools, including cameras, automated doors, a district-wide digital radio system, and severe weather shelters. Systems are continually evaluated for effectiveness while new innovations are explored to meet the ever-changing safety and security landscape.

Experts agree that relationships are a key component of a campus community’s overall safety and security culture. Wylie ISD will continue the work of building and advocating for relationships between students, staff, police, and citizens in our district. We are all part of a community caring for each other’s safety and wellbeing.

Bag Policy

Buzz-In System

Crisis Communications

Safety & Security Committee

Safety & Security Resources

Standard Response Protocol

SRP steps of hold, secure, lockdown, evacuate and shelter

The Wylie ISD has adopted the nationally recognized Standard Response Protocol (SRP). SRP is used by schools and colleges as is endorsed by the Texas School Safety Center. It provides common terms and uniform responses. All Wylie ISD staff and students are being trained on SRP.

A critical ingredient in the safe school recipe is the uniform classroom response to any incident. Weather events, fires, accidents, intruders, and other threats to student safety are scenarios that are planned and trained for by school and district administration and staff. Historically, schools have taken this scenario-based approach to respond to hazards and threats. It's not uncommon to find a stapled sheaf of papers or even a tabbed binder in a teacher's desk that describes a variety of things that might happen and the specific response to each event.

SRP Is Action Based

The Standard Response Protocol (SRP) is based not on individual scenarios but on the response to any given situation. The premise is simple - there are four specific actions that can be performed during an incident. Execution of the action is performed by active participants, including students, staff, teachers and first responders.

Secure is followed by the Directive: "Get Inside. Lock Outside Doors" and is the protocol used to safeguard students and staff within the building.
Lockdown is followed by "Locks, Lights, Out of Sight" and is the protocol used to secure individual rooms and keep students quiet and in place.
Evacuate is always followed by a location, and is used to move students and staff from one location to a different location in or out of the building.
Shelter is always followed by a type and a method and is the protocol for group and self-protection.

For more information, see the SRP poster

Pre-Check ID

In Wylie ISD, it's important to us that parents and families join their students for special school programs and celebrations. To help manage the large numbers of parents who attend school events during the day Wylie ISD has implemented a TSA-style pre-screen system. Our goal is to reduce lines and wait times on these days. Wylie ISD Pre-Check ID cards are available for parents of students at all grade levels. Parents who wish to take part will:

complete the online volunteer background check form prior to the first event you plan to attend
you will be notified via email when the check has been completed
visit your child's campus prior to the first event to have an ID badge made
- Badges will include a photo, so smile!
- They will be good for the full school year, at all Wylie ISD campuses
- This is NOT an “all access” pass
- Misuse of the pass may result in it being revoked. You will still have access to the school, but will have to use Raptor each time

For parents with a Wylie ISD Pre-Check ID:

Regular school days
1. You will still use the buzzer/camera and show your Wylie ISD Pre-Check ID
2. ID cards must be visibly displayed at all times
3. Please do not allow other visitors to enter with you
4. Please show your card to the Wylie ISD staff member in the front office
5. Please use the Raptor system to check in
6. You will not need a visitor sticker, just your Wylie ISD Pre-Check ID
7. Enjoy your visit and please remember a Wylie ISD Pre-Check ID is not an “all access pass.”
School celebration/awards ceremony days
1. Please show your card to the Wylie ISD staff member at the front door
2. At this time, you will be allowed to enter the school without checking in. Any guests with you will be required to use the Raptor system to enter
3. Please remain in the assembly area. It is not an “all access pass.”
4. ID cards must be visibly displayed at all times

All visitors will need to be buzzed through the door from the office in to the campus as well.

Safe Storage of Firearms

Texas law requires school districts to distribute information to parents and guardians about the safe storage of firearms. The attached information will help you learn about options for, as well as how to talk to your child and others about, the safe storage of firearms.

In 2021, 4,613 Texans experienced gun-related deaths. The Texas Department of State Health Services (SHS) reports that 55% of Texas firearms deaths in 2020 were suicides and that 59% of all suicides in Texas were by firearms. Suicide attempts involving firearms have a 90% fatality rate. Restricting access to guns is critical in reducing acts of violence, whether as self-harm or towards others. Acts of mass violence and interpersonal violence often end in suicide.

It is unlawful to store, transport, or abandon an unsecured firearm in a place where children are likely to be and can obtain access to the firearm. Under Texas Penal Code 46.13, a person commits the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child if the child gains access to a readily dischargeable firearm, and the person with criminal negligence:

Failed to secure the firearm; or
Left the firearm in a place to which the person knew or should have known the child would gain access

The penalty for allowing a child access to a firearm can range from a Class C misdemeanor (punishable by a $500 fine) to a Class A misdemeanor (punishable by a $4000 fine, a year in jail, or a combination of the two).

Texas exempts the purchase of firearm safety equipment from Texas Sales and Use Tax.

Remember, a gun should be stored unloaded in a safe or locked container, with ammunition stored elsewhere. You can learn more and find additional resources from the Texas Department of Public Safety at https://safegunstoragetexas.com.

Safe gun storage is critical to preventing suicide, unintentional shootings, and other tragedies.

Safety Tips

Counseling Responsive Services

The purpose of the responsive services component is to intervene on behalf of those students who immediate personal concerns or problems put their continued personal-social, career and/or educational development at risk. Some services are preventive: interventions with students who are on the brink of choosing an unhealthy or inappropriate solution to their problems or are unable to cope with a situation.

Seasonal Flu Information & Tips

Wylie ISD monitors flu-like illness in students and staff daily. We strongly urge parents to keep their children home if they have any flu-like symptoms such as a fever greater than 100°F, sore throat, cough, body aches, vomiting or diarrhea until they are fever-free or without signs of a fever for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.

Talking to Children About Violence

High profile acts of violence, particularly in schools, can confuse and frighten children who may feel in danger or worry that their friends or loved-ones are at risk. They will look to adults for information and guidance on how to react. Parents and school personnel can help children feel safe by establishing a sense of normalcy and security and talking with them about their fears.

Important Safety Rules to Teach Children

The fact is, every responsible parent is concerned about their children's safety. At the same time, it is important for kids to socialize at a young age and be able to have a certain level of freedom to grow and develop independence. It's all about finding a healthy balance, which can be tough. While ideal, constantly keeping your eyes peeled on your kids may not always be plausible. The good news is, you can implement some basic safety rules for your children to abide by. This will help them become more aware of how they can protect themselves when you are not around.