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Campus Access & Use

In this section:

Closed Campus

Driving and Parking

Emergency Drills & Procedures

Lockers

Lost & Found

Medications

Closed campus

Silicon Valley CTE is a closed campus; all students (both adult and high school) are required to sign out at Student Services (room 803) when leaving campus before the scheduled end of the class session. High school students must have parent/guardian permission (even if they are 18 years old).

The entire MetroED campus is monitored by video camera surveillance.

Students may be required to submit a health screening before arriving on campus.

Driving and parking

Students being dropped off (whether by a family member, friend, or app-based ride share service), need to be dropped in the drop-off lane, next to the 100 building on the left side of the main entrance drive, from Gate 1.

See our Transportation page for full details.

Students who wish to drive to school must abide by the following policies:

Do not exceed the posted campus speed limit of 5 MPH
Obey all traffic signs — including directional signs.
Park in designated areas only. Look for painted demarcations in the parking lots for where SVCTE students should park; do not park in SV Adult Ed parking areas.
No student parking in the visitor spaces (green zone), emergency access (red zones), staff parking lot (by Fire Tower), or the bus circle at any time during school hours.
Do not leave your car on campus overnight without written permission from administration.

Students failing to abide by these policies, or driving unsafely, may lose their driving and parking privileges.

Did you know: Following your interests and skills toward a career is likely to lead to a higher income than the average employer in that field. CTE helps students to develop their interests and skills.

Emergency Drills and procedures

Safety drills will be conducted periodically throughout the school year. All students and visitors (minors and adults) are required to participate in these drills to ensure their safety in the event of an actual emergency.

In the event of an actual emergency situation, students may be required to stay on the Silicon Valley CTE campus longer than their scheduled class time. Students must be released by a staff member before they may leave the campus. Minors may only be released with parental permission.

During an emergency, SVCTE will make all reasonable efforts to notify parents/guardians of minor students via Infinite Campus messaging through phone, email, and text modes. Parents/guardians can request updates to their messaging settings and ensure that SVCTE has updated contact information on file.

Minor students can only be released by school personnel to individuals listed among the student’s emergency contacts and identified by staff (typically with government-issued photo identification). It is the responsibility of the parent/guardians of minor students to notify SVCTE of any desired changes to the list of emergency contacts for their student.

lockers

Some classes may provide lockers for personal storage at no cost. These lockers are to be locked with Silicon Valley CTE-issued locks only. Personal locks will be removed. These lockers are the property of Silicon Valley CTE and are subject to search by school staff at any time.

lost and found

The Silicon Valley CTE “Lost and Found” is located in the Student Services Office which is located in room 803. Items left for more than three months (90 days) will be donated to a local charity or discarded.

Did you know: Over 1,300 of the nearly 1,800 students enrolled this year in CTE courses here at Silicon Valley CTE —that’s 75% of students here— are enrolled in UC a–g approved college-prep courses.

Medications

SVCTE is a school campus subject to California Education Code and students are not permitted to possess prescription or over-the-counter medications on campus. All medication dispersed during the school day is registered and kept in a locked cabinet in the front office. A student permission form(s) to take medication or a form to carry life-threatening medication (i.e. EpiPen) must be completed and on file. Please refer to full details contained in Policy 5141.21: Administering Medication And Monitoring Health Conditions and Regulation 5141.21: Administering Medication And Monitoring Health Conditions.