Introduction For a long time now, school environments have been touted as being among the safest and most secure places in society. However, in the recent past, schools have increasingly registered undesirable incidents, which serve to change this notion. Many countries across the world have witnessed bizarre occurrences within or near school premises, which have left traumatic memories deeply etched in the minds of the populace. Therefore, safety in school environments can no longer be taken for granted and as such, stakeholders in the education sector have been compelled to place school safety and security issues among their priorities. In light of this understanding, this paper seeks to examine the issue of safety in elementary schools with an emphasis on how to achieve and maintain it. Overview of Safety It is important to have a clear concept of safety coupled with how it is applicable to a school environment prior to deliberating on the issue. Safety is defined as a state of reduced vulnerability to harm of any nature. This definition touches on emotional, physical, spiritual, educational harm, and so forth. Therefore, in a school environment, a state of safety is achieved when exposure to any of these forms of risk is minimized to the least practically achievable levels. Although it is desirable to reduce vulnerability to risk to a zero level, it is unfortunate that this safety level is not achievable. It then follows that ensuring safety translates to bringing risk to acceptable levels as prescribed within a given field. Safety in Schools Achieving safety in a school environment should be a primary concern for any school administration, but often eludes those who seek to achieve it. This scenario happens when well-meant effort and resources are channeled to areas of physical safety such as alarms, fences, and locks, but leaves out fundamental areas such as a safe social environment for students. School safety calls for a proactive approach by the school leadership, which implies that the school administration should first conduct a comprehensive analysis of the safety situation in and around the school to determine the safety hazards and deal with them decisively. School environments often exhibit similar safety hazards except in some isolated cases. A school safety plan should cater for all possibilities to reduce the chances of circumventing it by ill-minded individuals. Some of the most common safety hazards in school environments include thefts, physical fights, exposure to illegal drugs, bullying, and several other non-violent crimes. In rare cases, there have been incidents of baneful crimes in schools such as shootings or arson where both students and staff are affected. Although such cases are isolated, a vigilant safety plan should cater for such occurrences and cover both staff and students. The first step towards ensuring a safe school environment is to ensure that the school leadership is totally committed to ensuring safety because this undertaking requires a lot of input from the entire school fraternity. The school should develop comprehensive policies that guide the entire safety plan by seeking input from all the concerned people. Once developed, such policies should be pinned in