# Presentation: 129547

## Lessons Learned from Current ERCM (REMS) Grantees FY 2007 Initial Grantee MeetingDecember 5 – 7, 2007 ~ San Diego, California

**U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools**
- 400 Maryland Avenue, SW / Washington, DC 20202

**Bob Spears, Director **
- Office of Emergency Services
- Los Angeles Unified School District

## Los Angeles Unified School DistrictOverview

- K-12 Schools		1,190
- K-12 Enrollment		694,288
- Employees		83,967
- Budget		$13.9 Billion
- New Schools since 2000	67
- Construction Budget	$19 Billion
- Serves the City of Los Angeles, 8 other cities and portions of 24 other municipalities.

## Operating Assumptions

- The last large earthquake was in 1994, so all students and many staff have no first hand experience.
- In LAUSD, we will hold and shelter our students until they can be reunited with a parent/guardian.
- District employees are hired with no emergency training other than First Aid/CPR.
- California Law designates all Public Employees as “Disaster Service Workers.”

## Operating Assumptions

- High employee turnover rate.
- Highly unionized work force.
- High promotion rate - a lot of “First Timers.”
- 70% of School Principals have less than 5 years at that position.
- Student Achievement, API scores and NCLB drive the agenda at schools.

## What We Tell Schools

- Be prepared to be self-sufficient for 72 hours
*All LAUSD Schools have:*
- A three day supply of water
- Search and Rescue Supplies
- First Aid Supplies
- Extra food in the cafeteria storeroom
- 911 will not be an option
- Parents will be hysterical
- Schools will be used as community shelters

## Programs to Meet the ChallengesHow did we use our grant from 2003?

- Created a standardized Safe School Plan.
- Schools enter their ICS data online and it is merged into a SSP template. They then print the plan at their school.
- Produced training videos, made copies for the schools and posted them online.
- Conducted two district-wide emergency drills annually in addition to the regular fire and duck/cover/hold drills. Gathered drill data.

## Established a District EOC and trained an Emergency Management Council to use it.
Partnered with other agencies.
City of Los Angeles
American Red Cross
USGS – Shakecast
LA Fire Department
LA Police Department
Provided live training for all new teachers.

- Partnered with other agencies.
- City of Los Angeles
- American Red Cross
- USGS – Shakecast
- LA Fire Department
- LA Police Department
- Provided live training for all new teachers.

**Programs to Meet the Challenges****How did we use our grant from 2003?**

## Programs to Meet the ChallengesHow will we use our grant from 2007

- Expand the online Safe School Plan to include Prevention and Recovery
- Produce more training videos for schools
- START
- Search and Rescue
- What Parents Need to Know About
- 		Emergencies at Schools

## What succeeds

- Listen to the schools – find out what they feel they need.
- Use data to go after money and programs.
- Don’t create a system that depends on one person.
- Make it easy for the schools to succeed.
- Post everything online so it can be accessed at any time.
- Leverage other people’s/agencies’ programs.