Emergency Safety Interventions

Emergency Safety Interventions (ESI) are seclusion and restraint that are used when a student presents a reasonable and immediate danger to him or herself or others.

District ESI policy

Maize USD 266 has written policy regarding Emergency Safety Intervention, which you can read by clicking here. 

ESI resources

Please click here to access A Family Guide to the Use of Emergency Safety Interventions (Seclusion and Restraint) in Kansas. (This document also is available in Spanish by clicking here.) The ESI resource includes further definitions and descriptions, as well as information about when ESI may be used, related requirements, parent notifications, and how to file a complaint.

Parents have a right to file a complaint through the local dispute resolution process and the Kansas State Board of Education’s (KSBE) administrative review process. If you have an issue you would like to discuss with Maize USD 266, please contact Assistant Superintendent for Special Services Dr. Christy Skelton at 316-722-0614 or cskelton@usd266.com.

For more information:

• Families Together, Inc.
• Topeka Parent Center: 1-800-264-6343 or topeka@familiestogetherinc.org
• Wichita Parent Center: 1-888-815-6364 or wichita@familiestogetherinc.org
• Garden City Parent Center: 1-888-820-6364 or gardencity@familiestogetherinc.org
• Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC): 1-866-711-6711 or www.kpirc.org.
• Disability Rights Center of Kansas: 1-877-776-1541 or www.drckansas.org
• Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE): 1-800-203-9462 or www.ksde.org