Call 911 immediately in an emergency.

Submit a safety or security tip that is not an emergency directly to the District Security Operations Center (DSOC), open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (including holidays). CLICK or TAP on the icon below.


From there, choose the reporting tool that works best for you by learning more about how they work and how easy they are to use.   

What to report: Please report safety and security threats, bullying and harassing behaviors, illegal activity, self-endangerment behaviors, etc.

Details are everything: Please provide as many details as you can, such as names and physical description of anyone involved, school location, social media handles, date of when threats are supposed to occur, etc.

We respect your privacy and care about your safety. Your tip is shared only with investigators and administrators assigned to the tip.

Remember, helping is not the same as snitching. We are counting on you to help us help a friend.
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According to SBBC Policy 5.5: All students under 16 are required to attend school every day of the 180-day school year. Absences are established by tardiness, early sign-outs, or absences for all or part of any day. The maximum number of acceptable absences is 5 days. Additionally, please note that students may not be released after 1:45 p.m.

1. Parents have 2 days (48 hours) in which to report an absence.
2. The Attendance Policy allows eight (8) reasons for absence to be excused.
3. Make up work for credit and grade is allowed for ALL absences. Learn more about Homework/Makeup Work.

Arrival

Students must arrive at school on time every day. Students should be in class by 9:05 AM. 

Tardy

Students arriving after 9:00 am will be considered TARDY. If students arrive after 9:05 am, the student will need to obtain a pass from the front office to be admitted to class.

Dismissal

The dismissal time is 3:30 PM. All students are expected to remain in school for the entire school day. No students will be dismissed 30 minutes prior to the last bell for safety reasons. 

Possession of a wireless communication device that disrupts the educational process is a violation. Cellular phones, camera phones, and pagers are prohibited at all times during class unless specifically instructed to do so as part of the lesson.

All Broward County Public Schools conduct regular exercises and drills at various times as outlined in the Florida Fire Code and Florida Administrative Code.

To aid in this process, every school has a designated SAFE team comprised of faculty and staff who have been specially trained on appropriate procedures to ensure every school follows safety protocol.

Discussion-based tabletop exercises are also conducted regularly with staff, faculty, and community partners, and the results of these exercises are documented and incorporated into school safety plans as necessary.  

All public schools are required to conduct one (1) fire drill per month with one (1) additional occurring within the first 30 days. Additionally, public schools are required to conduct, at a minimum, six (6) emergency drills every school year that are nonconcurrent with fire drills. One emergency drill must take place within the first ten (10) days of the beginning of the school year, and the remaining drills may not occur more than forty-five (45) days apart. Four (4) of the six (6) emergency drills must address active threats. The remaining two (2) drills must address other emergency events, such as severe weather, natural disasters, hazardous materials incidents, or reunification.

Students are expected to fully participate in drills and follow the directions of faculty and staff.

The dress code rules enforced at our school align directly with the District's Unified School Dress - Policy 5309. Review the District policies outlined on this page for more information.

Pines Middle School is committed to establishing a safe environment where the focus is on academics. It is the intent of the school program that students be dressed and groomed in an appropriate manner that will not interfere with, or detract from, the educational process. Studies have shown that a unified dress code policy will promote safety, improve discipline, and enhance the learning environment. Visitors on campus will be evident, students won't compete with each other with designer clothes, and the focus will be on academic achievement. Parents/guardians may request exemptions for their students from participating in the mandatory unified dress code policy. Provisions will be made for students who, by reason of financial hardship, cannot comply with the policy.

2024-2025 Pines Middle School Dress Code

All visitors including parents must check into the attendance office prior to going to any classrooms or any area on campus. An official photo identification (ID) is required. Acceptable forms of ID include the following:

• Driver’s license 
• Florida’s official state identification card
• Passport

Visitor Parking

All visitors must park in the designated visitor parking spaces. Please do not park in spaces designated for faculty and staff or in the bus loop. 

Controlling School Traffic is Essential for Safety

Please be advised that you should NOT drop off your child on any of the roads around Pines Middle at any time; whether it is in the scope of a school crossing guard or not. You should always use the parent drop-off and pick-up loop in the front of the school. The City of Pembroke Pines Police Department has been alerted and will start enforcing this type of activity. We want every student and adult to be safe at Pines.

Please enter and exit from DOUGLAS RD and follow the loop around for student Drop-off and Pick-up. Follow the directional and stop signs. Keep traffic in a single lane. Pull to the most forward position when droppng your child off so that we can quickly accommodate as many vehicles as possible. Do not park your vehicle in the loop. Be courteous to your fellow loop users. They are trying to accomplish the same thing you are. Parents: WALGREEN'S is not a student pick-up or drop off place! Please use the parent loop in front of the school.