Off-duty Kendall County Sheriff’s Officers serve as the campus security guards. They office in the guard house building and patrol the school grounds from 7:45am to 3:45pm each school day. The officers are in marked cars and full uniform and also monitor vehicular access to the campus during school hours.
VISITING THE CAMPUS
All visitors arriving after morning drop-off has concluded or before afternoon pick-up has begun will be required to check-in at the guard station. Those with approved permit tags will be allowed to proceed. Visitors without approved permit tags will be required to present a driver’s license and let the officer know of their intended destination. The appropriate office will be notified. When checking in at that office, visitors will present a driver's license which will be scanned into our Raptor Visitor Management System. The system checks the visitor’s name and date of birth against a national database of registered sex offenders. No other data from the ID is gathered or recorded and the information is not shared with any outside agency.Parents must first sign-in at Grammar, Logic or Rhetoric Office buildings and obtain a visitor’s name tag to wear while on campus, whenever visiting classrooms or volunteering during the school day. Family members and youth pastors need not make prior arrangements to visit during lunch, but must check in. Geneva is considered a closed campus, so unless prior permission is granted by the headmaster, friends who are not Geneva students are not permitted on campus for visits during lunch or other free times during the school day.
Parents on campus do not need to sign-in for morning assemblies or during other school events such as pep rallies, Grandparents’ Day, EagleFest, parties, etc.
In accordance with the Gun-Free Schools Act and Texas Penal Code 46.03, Geneva is a “gun free” campus. Licensed carriers may not have or bring a concealed weapon on or about them while on school property.
Such restrictions do not apply to qualified law enforcement personnel, including security personnel hired by the school, or trained school personnel officially approved to carry by the Board of Trustees.
- LEAVING CAMPUS DURING SCHOOL HOURS
Should a student need to leave campus early (i.e. doctor’s appointment, orthodontist visit, etc.), his or her parent should check in at the Grammar, Logic or Rhetoric administration building to sign out the student. Please refer to the specific school section for more details regarding school-specific protocol. - EMERGENCY DRILLS
In accordance with state regulations and safety precautions, the school conducts emergency drills on a regular basis during the school year. Those in school buildings when the emergency alarm sounds, including visitors and parents, must follow the emergency response plan according to the drill as instructed in the Emergency Binder available in each classroom. - SCHOOL CLOSING
If Boerne Independent School District (BISD) schools close due to inclement weather, Geneva School is also closed. School social media, radio and T.V. stations usually broadcast these closings by 7:00am. On occasion, Geneva may need to close while BISD is on holiday or elect to close school contrary to BISD’s plans. In the event of any closing or delayed start at Geneva, the school will utilize the ParentSquare Parent Alert system to notify parents. This system sends messages by app notification, text and email to the addresses provided by parents. SEARCH AND SEIZURE POLICY
To maintain order and discipline at Geneva School of Boerne and to protect the safety and welfare of students and school personnel, Geneva maintains the right to search any student, student belongings, student use areas, student lockers or student automobiles at any time without notice and without student or parent consent and may seize any illegal, unauthorized, or contraband materials discovered in the search. There is no expectation of privacy for any school owned property, including but not limited to desks and lockers. Students may put locks on their lockers, but a record of the combination must be submitted to the office.Administrators, teachers and other professional personnel are permitted to question a student regarding the student’s own conduct or the conduct of other students. In the context of school discipline, students have no claim to the right not to incriminate themselves.
Geneva has the right to monitor or examine any electronic device at the school or at any school- sanctioned activity. The school may monitor or examine any postings on the Internet or other electronic medium. Students are responsible for and may be subject to disciplinary action for inappropriate material.
Students are permitted to park on school premises as a matter of privilege, not of right. The school retains authority to conduct routine patrols of student parking lots and inspections of the exteriors of student automobiles on school property.
Vehicles belonging to students parked on school property may be searched. If a vehicle subject to search is locked, the student shall be asked to unlock the vehicle. If the student refuses, the school shall contact one of the student’s parents or local law enforcement officials.
A student’s or parent’s failure to permit searches and seizures as provided in this policy will be considered grounds for disciplinary action. Students will be responsible for any prohibited materials found in a search and such findings may be turned over to proper legal authorities for ultimate disposition.