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 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

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

Phase 2 - Continued Communications plan: 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

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 Phase 3 “School Start”