More than 100 education and emergency management professionals from local and regional schools and districts will gather at Goose Creek ISD on June 6-7 for Operation SRM-Rex (Standard Reunification Method-Reunification Exercise), a two-day workshop where participants will learn how to safely reunify students with their parents or guardians during crisis situations.

Hosted by The Center for Safe and Secure Schools (CSSS), a division of Harris County Department of Education, the workshop focuses on classroom training, functional demonstrations, and mock emergency exercises.

The workshop will be facilitated by the “I Love U Guys” Foundation and led by Executive Director John-Michael Keyes, who lost a child in a 2006 school shooting. On the first day of the workshop, Keyes will walk participants through the Standard Response Protocol, Standard Reunification Method, and Incident Command System. During day two, participants will engage in two mock emergency situations and a mock press conference.

Representatives from local law enforcement agencies, Fire/EMS, public health, and emergency management offices will be onsite to provide feedback as participants move through the exercises. They will also shed light on community resources available to schools during a crisis.

Gulf Coast Center Director of Innovative and Special Projects Amanda Groller, who played a key role in the recovery stage of the Santa Fe High School shooting, will also participate in the two-day event.

Since 1999, The Center for Safe and Secure Schools has partnered with federal, state, and local entities to develop increased safety and security strategies, standards, and best practices for K-12 school environments for both students and educators.

Monday, June 6

Stuart Career Tech High School, 300 YMCA Dr., Baytown, TX 77520

8:15 a.m.

Welcome Remarks

HCDE Superintendent James Colbert Jr., CSSS Director Julia Andrews, and

“I Love U Guys” Foundation Executive Director John-Michael Keyes

8:45-11:45 a.m.

Overview of Standard Response Protocol, Standard Reunification Method, and Incident Command System

1-4:30 p.m.

Classroom Demonstrations and Exercises

4:30 p.m.

Lessons Learned and Debrief

Tuesday, June 7

Stallworth Stadium, 2102 E. Archer Rd, Baytown, TX 77521

9 a.m.

Overview and Safety Briefing

10 a.m.

Mock Exercise “Operation Bad Boy, Bad Boy”

11:15 a.m.

Mock Press Conference

11:30 a.m.

Lessons Learned and Debrief

1 p.m.

Mock Exercise “What’s That Smell?”