Local School To Debut New National Standard Response Protocol Animated Video For Young Students
On Tuesday, January 15, the founder of “I Love U Guys,” John-Michael Keyes, Texas State School Safety Center Director, Kathy Martinez-Prather, Hays County Emergency Services Director, Kharley Smith, and the superintendents of local school districts will debut a new, animated Standard Response Protocol Video for Young Students.
Keyes started the “I Love U Guys” Foundation following a school shooting in 2006 that took the life of his daughter, Emily. Her final text to her family was “I Love U Guys,” and Keyes has made it his life work to ensure that schools have a standardized vocabulary and response plan that works for all emergency situations.
Michael Cardona, Superintendent of San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District, Dr. Eric Wright, Superintendent of Hays Consolidated Independent School District, Dwain York, Superintendent of Wimberley Independent School District and Dr. Bruce Gearing, Superintendent of Dripping Springs Independent School district will join Keyes, Martinez-Prather and Smith at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center for the debut.
The event will open with a brief comment from all of the speakers prior to the video’s national debut. The video is designed to help teachers share Standard Response Protocol (SRP) training with young children and others who learn visually.
Hays County recognized the need for enhanced standard response protocol training in January 2013 following an incident that required a school lockdown.
Since then, all schools in Hays County have implemented the SRP and Hays County has shared its training system, adapted from the “I Love U Guys” program, throughout the state.
Identifying a need to help young school students better understand and remember standard response protocols, Hays County Emergency Management worked to create an hour-long animated video.
The video was produced in conjunction with the Texas State University’s Institute for Government Innovation.
The video is also offered in divided segments helping educators break the video into different lesson plans to meet the needs of the students.
