Commitment to Safety

Campus Driving Rules

Please take a minute to familiarize yourself and other drivers in your family with these important rules of driving at Bullis. Please also watch for directional signs on campus.

• 15 mph campus speed limit. Observing the 15 mph speed limit is the single most important component of our traffic safety program at Bullis.
• Please, no cell phone use while driving on campus. Driving on the Bullis campus requires every driver's full attention. Please pull over if you need to use a cell phone—even hands-free—while driving at Bullis.
• One-way traffic times 7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. One-way traffic on central campus roads during morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up times allows safer, quicker traffic flow at peak hours. Please do not exit the main Falls Road gate during these times. Use the Democracy Boulevard gate or stadium gate instead.
• Cross-campus road one-way before and after school, and closed during the school day (8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.). The road connecting North Hall and South Hall, and separating Blair from the Library (along which the Lower School carpool line forms) is one-way going toward South Hall. It is closed to all vehicular traffic during the school day to ensure the safety of all students crossing between North Hall, South Hall or the Library and the Blair Center.
• Democracy Boulevard and the Falls Road stadium gates are one-way exits only and are controlled by a vehicle sensor. As you slowly approach the gate it will automatically open. 
• Vehicle Parking and Access to the Stadium Lot. To ensure the safety of students and visitors, the limited parking at the Stadium lot is restricted to parent volunteers, senior citizens, and handicapped persons, after 2:30 p.m. Monday – Friday and on some weekends.
• Always signal before pulling out of a carpool lane. Please always take a moment to look around and signal before merging into a travel lane.
• No parking anytime where curbs are painted yellow. Please never park and leave your vehicle along a yellow curb at any time, even after hours. Yellow curbs indicate emergency access lanes and/or areas where parking traps other vehicles. 
• Parking is available along unpainted curbs. Please do not park in any space marked “Reserved” or “Students.” Parents and visitors are encouraged to park in spaces marked “Visitor” or along any unpainted curb.

Bullis’ emergency plans went through extensive review by the staff Safety Advisory Council. The result is a robust plan designed to better prepare our community for potential emergencies. In addition to publishing a quick reference guide for each classroom and office, detailed plans are available in electronic form and through our LiveSafe safety app.

In addition to monthly evacuation drills, a variety of safety drills (lockdowns, weather shelter, law enforcement shelters, and bus evacuations) are conducted on a regular basis to better prepare staff and students for potential emergencies.