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.
Be a Broward Buddy, Report a Tip!

Report an Absence Online

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. The first bell rings at 7:30 AM. Students should be in class by the second bell at 7:40 AM

Blanche Ely High School recognizes and reinforces how important regular attendance is to class on a daily basis, which includes tardies. Students are required to be inside the classroom when the tardy bell rings each block. If a student does not make it to class before the tardy bell, he/she is directed to Internal Suspension (IS) for lockout. Habitual students are referred to Administration for interventions and/or consequences. Each case is handled on a student-by-student basis.

FOR FIRST BLOCK TARDIES - Parents are required to physically walk into the magnet office for the student to obtain an excused tardy pass. If you have physical limitations, you may call the school and ask to speak to your child's Guidance Counselor or Administrator.  

Students - Do not go searching for a pass.
If a parent did not walk you in, you must report to Room 184 for IS.

f you are late to any subsequent block, you must report directly to Room 184. Failure to report to IS is considered a class cut and progressive discipline will apply.

Tardy

Students arriving after X:XX AM will be considered TARDY. If students arrive after X:XX AM, the student will need to obtain a pass from the front office to be admitted to class.

Dismissal

The dismissal time is 2:40 PM. All students are expected to remain in school for the entire school day. If students are dismissed early, they must be picked up by 2:10 PM. No students will be dismissed 30 minutes prior to the last bell for safety reasons. 

Parents/Guardians who sign their child in or out of school must report to the Magnet Office and sign the sign-in/sign-out sheet.  Also, please be advised that if you are not on the contact list the district database, you will not be authorized to see the student or sign him/her out of school.  If you have concerns or would like to update your contact list, please contact the school's registrar to update your records.  

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.

Appropriate dress and grooming can help to create a positive learning environment.  Other attire may be allowed for special school activities with the approval of the school administration.  Possible consequences for violating the dress code are found in the Discipline Matrix.  Changes in clothing trends will not override the dress code policy.

Rights
Students have a right to wear stylish clothes of their choice as long as those clothes are appropriate for school, are not dangerous to health and safety, and do not create a substantial and material disruption of the school.

Responsibilities
Students have a responsibility to dress neatly and appropriately, to be clean and well-groomed.

Rules
All students are expected to honor their responsibilities and dress in a way that respects the rights of others.

For further clarification, see the District’s Discipline Matrix that assigns specific consequences and is part of the school’s discipline plan. The Discipline Matrix is available to parents upon request. 

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. 

Student Parking

Students must have a decal to park in the student parking areas. 

Please do not leave valuables in your car.

Controlling School Traffic is Essential for Safety

Students should be picked up and dropped off at the car loops only.  Parents wishing to park should walk their children to the front gate. For safety reasons, parents are not allowed to walk their children to their classrooms.