Comfort Kits vs. Generic Supplies

More than 1/2 of teachers and staff will be assigned to responder jobs, such as Search, Rescue, Medical, Student Release, unable to distribute supplies to students.

 The labor intensive nature of parent-provided comfort kit supplies creates a threat to the life safety of students, by significantly delaying the distribution of critically needed supplies.

 Not all parents provide comfort kits, so some children may have no supplies. It would be emotionally devastating, even if the school comes up with backup supplies for them later.

 Comfort packs provided by parents are not only labor intensive at the beginning and end of school year for staff/PTA, but they will need to be collected from all new students throughout the year and retrieved when each student withdraws.

 Commercially created as well as parent created comfort kits containing a variety of supplies will probably be dumped on the ground when used in order for students to retrieve the item they are seeking.

 
 Generic supplies divided into easily distributed bags in external storage or evacuation backpacks in the classroom can be easily maintained and distributed.

 If like supplies are clustered, staff can hand out items as needed and keep others items out of the weather.

 Special Needs students and staff have very different needs and requirements than other students and may need special supplies.