ML20203P925
| ML20203P925 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Limerick  |
| Issue date: | 11/28/1984 |
| From: | Claypool R OWEN J. ROBERTS SCHOOL DISTRICT, PA |
| To: | Mcnamara J CHESTER COUNTY, PA |
| References | |
| OL-I-LEA-E-029, OL-I-LEA-E-29, NUDOCS 8605080360 | |
| Download: ML20203P925 (4) | |
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Mr. John McNamara sepatu Chester County Department of Emergency Services 14 E. Siddle Street West Chester, PA 19350 RE:
Need for Detailed Respcnse to Citizens Task Fcree Letter Dated March 13,1984 Request to Respond to Additional Unmet Needs As Perceived By District Superintendent As Contained Within This Document
Dear Mr. McNamara:
Over the past couple of months, I have had extensive l'nteracticn with t e Board of School Directors, individual Board members, and Joseph Clar<,
Administrative Representative to the Citizens' Task Force for Sencol Emergercy planning for the Dwen J. Roberts School District.
Last Friday, April 27, I'
spent three (3) hours with Mr. Clark reviewing in detail the status of Draft 7.
During this session Mr. Clark informed me that he had telephoned ycur office to see if any response was forthcoming in reference to his letter of March 13,1984.
Since my meeting with Mr. Clark I have spent an additional six (6) to eight (8) hcurs thoroughly reviewing Draft 7, and Mr. Clark's communicaticn to you dated March 13, 1984.
I met with the Board of School Directors last evening, April 30th, to present my concerns which will be amplified in this communication.
I, gg therefore, request that a detailed response be presented, in writing, to bc h emo the Citizens' Task Force letter of March 13th, as well as my acditicral 08' ccncerns identified herein.
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mJ The Dwen J. Roberts Citizens' Tasf< Force has spent approximately a year ox and a half examining this most difficult concept.
Prior to the end of t-is
$8 fiscal year I am requesting that the Board of School Directors meet witn ne g
Task Force for a thorough and complete update of the proposed Emergercy g
Respense Plan.
Therefore, it is imperative that we receive frem ycu a written communication no later than June 1, 1984.
or om G3EO Before presenting my concerns, I realize the difficult function ycu m.st perform, but I am also aware of Murphy's Lad in an emergency situation.
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I' Yay 1, 1984 Mr. Ocnn McNamara, Chester County Decartmen cf Emergency _ Services Fa;e 2 7
In reference to Mr.-
Clark's letter of March 13, 1984,~ l believe the Citizens' Task Force identificiation of needs are minimal and reflect optimum conditions.
That is to say, after thorough review and investigation I believe their needs are in some cases understated.
In order to expedite your cc. m.:nication, I will restrict my identifica:icn of unmet. needs to vehicles required for evacuation, bus crivers neeced for evacuation, teachers and emcloyees neeced for evacuatien, traffic ccordinators, and last, but not least, the fact that Owen J. Racerts dces not nave a host center.
Until such time as these unmet needs identified herein are thoroughly under the most adverse being '[available delineated by your agency as plan in my cpinien] could possibly be concitions, no valid evacuation feasible.
A general statement that these
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have been resolved without specific details involving how these needs have ceen met will be unacceptable due to the _ sericusness of the situation, and our ccmclete reliance en cutside resources to conduct an evacuation under the most j
cp imum conditiens.
SEVENTY-TWO (72) PASSENGER VEHICLES NEEDEO FOR EVACUATION ALL PERSONNEL AND STUCENTS Total Vehicles Needed, Fifty-Five (SS) Seven'ty-Two (72) Passencer Buses.
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Vehicles avhilable thirty '(30).. Please note' this is smaller number than that identified by the consultant and the District -Task Force.
This figure is reduced by ten (10) vehicles fc the following reason.
A number.
of contracted drivers keep school buses at home.
If this evaucation should take place between the period of 9:30 A.M.
and 1:30 P.M., it is very likely that at least rifty percent (50%) of these buses will not be cperating because the driver either cannot get back to the bus or ' has elected to take care of higher family needs.
Therefore, I conclude the unmet vehicle needs amount to twenty-five (25) buses.
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Please identify where these twenty-five (25) buses will be coming from, as well as, will the twenty-five (25) drivers bringing the buses into our District drive these buses during evacuation??
4 BUS ORIVERS The initial survey indicated that twenty-five (25) of _ cur District drivers will drive a school bus during a radiological emergency.
- However, many of these drivers did preface their statement stating that their families would ccme first, and they must be assured that their particular children had been taken care of.
Knewing Murphy's _ Law in emergency-situations, I believe that the twenty-five (25) figure more realistically would be a maximum of eighteen (18).
Therefore, I conclude that our unmet driver needs to be thirty-seven (37) drivers.
If.you are successful in acquiring' twenty-five (25) buses and twenty-five (25) drivers from outside cur area, there is still a need for twelve (12) additional drivers.
P12ase icentify where these drivers wcule ce ccmire irom.
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May-1, 1984 Mr. John McNamara, Chester County Department of Emergency Services Page 3 TEACHER NEEDS EVACUATION As you are aware, the Task. Force did survey our teachers at least The second survey ecming after an extensive inservice on the-i
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duties and respcnsibilities of teachers during an evacuation.
Our teachers were very cpen, and I.believe hcnest,.in their responses Human nature is to first of all secure unmet family needs.
to this survey.
Sixty-six percent (66%) of our professional staff responded to this survey.
This sixty-six percent (66%) response equates to one hundred (137) individuals.
Please be advised, however, that cnly thirty-seven sixty percent (60%) of those respending signed the document.
Therefore, a more realistic teacher need will be based on the ' number who signed the survey.
A summary of the survey is as follcws:
QUESTION: Will you be willing to accompany students by bus to the host center or mass care center?
The number. who signed the document equates to approximately thirty-eight (38) teachers.
QUESTION: Will you be willing to drive, your own vehicle
[withcut students) to the host school or mass care center to provide supervision for' aur students?
The number who signed the document equates to approximately fifty-six (56).
Teacher absences were not factored into the estimate.
During November, for example, we had a daily absence of 13.5 teachers.
j From the data available, I would conclude that, again giving Murphy's human reaction to emergency situations and family needs, that.
- Law, internal staff resources accompanying students and attending to students at host centers will be more in the neighborhoed of sixty (60) to sixty-five (65) teachers.
Our total teaching staff to date is two hundred eight (208) teachers to supervise our current enrollment.
If we were to reduce our supervisor ratio by twenty-five percent (25%), we would still have a total need for approximately one hundred fifty-six (156) teachers.
With only sixty-five (65) anticipated local teachers, there is a definite need for at least ninety-one (91) adult volunteers' to assist students by bus or by car to the host school or mass. care center.
Who are these ninety-one (91) volunteers and where will they be ccming from?
I have not attempted to address the issue of sheltering' for I believe f
we need to have the resources determined for evacuation and if they be resolved, then sheltering would be resolved.
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t May 1, 1984 Mr. John McNamara, Chester County Department of Emergency Services Page 4 TRAFFIC CCORDINATORS As the time draws near for the cpening of the plant, it is quite clear that our citizens have every intentien of ccming directly to our facilities in order to pick up their children in the event of an In no way will the School Administration prevent parents frcm emergency.
picking up their children.
Therefore traffic controllers will be an absolute must at each of our educational centers.
I predict the need for the following traffic centrollers, in addition to schcol employees, at each of the following educaticnal centers:
WARWICK ELEMENTARY CENTER 3 Traffic Centrollers FRENCH CREEK ELEMENTARY CENTER
'3 Traffic Controllers VINCENT ELEMENTARY CENTER 3 Traffic Centrollers EAST COVENTRY ELEMENTARY CENTER 3 Trsffic Centrollers NCRTH COVENTRY ELEMENTARY CENTER 4 Traffic Centrollers CENTRAL CtMPUS a minimum of 6 Traffic Controllers TOTAL
'Z! Traffic Centrollers In addition to traffic centrollers, I raise a sericus question as to traffic controlling activities that will take place 'at the the intersectior! of Routes 23 and 100, Route 100 and.Cadmus Rcad,- and Route 23' and the exit from Owen J. Roberts.
My personal. interaction with a number' of parents indicates that the first respon'se will be to converge on our educaticnal centers for the purpose of gaining access to their children.
Unless this need is met, we will experience mass hysteria, confusion, and total blockage of any possible evacuation from our school facilities by school buses.
HOST SCHOOLS As of this date we still do not have any agreement with another school district in the case of an evacuation.
I request your immediate attention to these most serious questions.
j Members of my staff and I would be more than happy to sit down with you, at j
your convenience, to discuss in detail our concerns as well as the content of this ccmmunication.
Respectfully,
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Roy C. Claypool,
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District Superintendent 1