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APS Recovery Plan

APS Recovery Plan. John Barry Superintendent, APS August 2, 2012. Phase 1 “Immediate Response”. Opened GHS for victim/witness and family gathering Opened ACHS for the evacuees from the Paris neighborhood Opened HHS and RHS for community Disaster and Resource Recovery 

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APS Recovery Plan

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  1. APS Recovery Plan John Barry Superintendent, APS August 2, 2012

  2. Phase 1 “Immediate Response” • Opened GHS for victim/witness and family gathering • Opened ACHS for the evacuees from the Paris neighborhood • Opened HHS and RHS for community Disaster and Resource Recovery  • Closed GHS to the public and cleaned up the school on Jul 22. • ACHS closed on Jul 22 for the evacuees • Most families were allowed to return to their homes, others relocated to hotels by the Red Cross • Closed RHS and HHS as a Disaster Recovery Center • Overall we served around 50 plus people over 3 days, we informed the city we can open it up again if needed

  3. Phase 2 “Preparation” • Memorial services and funerals • Work with the city of Aurora on all efforts • Website up with phone contacts, suggested reading for staff and parents and additional information as needed • Reach out to all injured members of the APS community, either staff or students to include former staff and students • All departments to reach out to all persons in the APS family that were in the theater that night • Psychologists/counselors on call while registration/enrollment is ongoing

  4. Phase 2 - Continued • Communications plan: • Email to staff updating them on our APS plan • Connect-ED call to parents on key points of the plan • Set up a repository for future recognitions of outstanding effort • Secretary Duncan will do podcasts for staff and students • Set up a file of all resources of agencies that have offered to help i.e. mental health, counselors, psychologists, etc. • Set up a funding mechanism for contributions from grants and other sources • Outreach to apartment renters in the Paris EMS area • Plan on substance abuse pro-active efforts • Plan on suicide prevention efforts • Contact faith based groups to inform them of our plan

  5. Phase 3 “School Start” • Hire a recovery coordinator for the district • Hire psychologists/counselors to work with individual schools • Establish a crisis management committee organized for advice and counsel made up of principals, teachers, classified, counselors, psychologists, truancy specialists, liaisons and Positive Behavior support coordinators • Prepare a script for teachers that are grade specific to use on the first period, first day of school • Enhance security around APS schools

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