We performed an inspection of the Tuba City Boarding School, located on the Navajo Reservation in Tuba City, AZ, to determine the quality of safety measures in place to prevent violence against students and staff from internal and external threats. We found Tuba City Boarding School's safety measures to be adequate.
Specifically, while the Tuba City Boarding School's comprehensive emergency plan contained information on four of the five topics we reviewed, we found that it was adequate. In addition, training on violence prevention and emergency preparedness was provided to both staff and students. Further, school personnel were able to successfully run both lock-down and evacuation drills during our visit on January 16, 2014.
Finally, of the 18 safety measures we checked for, Tuba City Boarding School did not have 3 in place. While no single safety measure is so critical that its absence at an educational facility is cause for immediate concern, we found that the more safety measures not in place, the less prepared the school is to respond to an incident.
We provided three recommendations to help Tuba City Boarding School improve its safety measures.