Rachel Aaker - Director of Student Services  (SAFE Program)
Business: (505) 896-0667 x51254
Email:  rachel.aaker@rrps.net

2023-2024 SAFE Tuition Rate

2023-2024 SAFE Parent Handbook

The information below describes some of our processes, procedures, rules, and expectations for families and students participating in the S.A.F.E. program. Please see the SAFE Parent Handbook for detailed expectations and all program guidelines.

Parents/Guardians are not permitted to pay for only certain days or weeks of S.A.F.E. Program use. Whether the child attends S.A.F.E. or not, the space is reserved for the child. All S.A.F.E. families are responsible for paying the full tuition based upon the payment option the family selected regardless of days that the child is absent from the program.

A child cannot sign him/herself into or out of the S.A.F.E. Program. For the safety and security of your child(ren), parents/guardians must sign each child into and out of the S.A.F.E. Program daily using the piloted electronic system or the paper attendance sheet provided. A student may be signed into S.A.F.E. one time upon drop off in the AM and will be released to school at the close of S.A.F.E., and a student may arrive at S.A.F.E. in the PM and be signed out by an approved adult, and the adult must be 18 years old. At no time can a child be signed out of S.A.F.E. and then re-signed in a second time. Once a child is picked up in the PM, their time in S.A.F.E. is done for the day. In the AM, once a child is signed into S.A.F.E., the child will need to be signed out from the office at the start of the school day should a need arise for the child to leave with an approved adult.

You and each of your emergency contacts (authorized persons 18+) will be asked to provide picture identification when picking up your child(ren). Your child(ren) WILL NOT be released to any person who is NOT on the emergency contact list. The authorized adult who is picking up a child will record on the daily attendance sheet the date and time of a child’s pick up from S.A.F.E.

S.A.F.E. refers to the emergency contacts listed in the S.A.F.E. application. Additionally, we use the emergency contact information located in the RRPS student information system, PowerSchool, to verify who is authorized to pick up your child(ren). If you want someone who is considered non-authorized because he/she is not on the school’s emergency contact list, please talk with the coordinator for specific directions at least 24 hours in advance. We cannot “authorize” someone to pick up your child(ren) via telephone call. If you know there will be a change to your emergency contacts, please be proactive and let the school and your coordinator know as soon a possible, so the emergency contact list can be updated in our records and PowerSchool. This procedure exists for your child’s protection.

The coordinator or his/her designee will take attendance every afternoon to assure your child is present. However, it is your responsibility to notify the coordinator when your child will be absent. A S.A.F.E. staff member will contact parents or emergency contacts when a child is absent from S.A.F.E. and the coordinator had not been previously notified that the child would be absent.

Every S.A.F.E. Program follows the policies, procedures, and rules outlined in the school’s parent-student handbook. You may locate the handbook at www.rrps.net and follow the links on the district website to the webpage of your child’s school. All S.A.F.E. children are expected to follow the rules and procedures of the S.A.F.E. program. If a student has a behavior intervention plan (BIP), the S.A.F.E. staff will collaborate with school staff to understand how to implement the BIP accommodations in the S.A.F.E. setting.

In most cases, when a child is not meeting behavioral expectations, the student will be re-directed by a staff member or assigned to a short time-out from the activity. On occasion, however, the behavior will warrant a suspension from the S.A.F.E. Program. All such behavioral events will be documented, and the parents will be informed of the event that transpired and the assigned consequences. As per the federal law called, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, FERPA, we cannot discuss the consequences or circumstances regarding another student in the S.A.F.E. Program.

• RRPS SAFE Discipline Matrix

• RRPS SAFE Behavior Referral

Students who exhibit chronic misbehavior will be subject to the procedures outlined in the RRPS elementary school discipline matrix and the school’s parent-student handbook. The coordinator, and possibly the Director of Student Services, may meet to develop a plan of next steps. In the event of severe behavior, a student may be dis-enrolled from the S.A.F.E. Program.

Electronic devices such as phones, iPods, laptops, games, etc. may not be out or used while a child is attending SAFE. Personal toys from home are never allowed at SAFE. 

*There will be NO use of personal electronic devices.

We require a ten (10) day notification of a student’s dis-enrollment from S.A.F.E. If you disenroll from SAFE for longer than 30 days, and then wish to return you must register again and pay the registration fee again. You may be placed on the waitlist.