Safety & Health Services

San Marcos CISD is dedicated to keeping students and staff safe. We conduct ongoing updates and training for staff and students to ensure the most recent, relevant procedures are in place. A secured access vestibule provides each school’s office staff control over who enters the building. When visiting each school, you will have to press a button stating your reason for your visit prior to being granted permission to enter. 

Standard Response Protocol 

San Marcos CISD uses the Standard Response Protocol (SRP). This is a simplified crisis response that helps staff, students, parents, and first responders to quickly and adequately respond to crises. 

The SRP is based on five actions: 
• Hold is an action when hallways need to be kept clear, even during class changes, often used in times of a medical emergency. 
• Secure is followed by the Directive: "Get Inside. Lock Outside Doors" and is the action used to safeguard students and staff within the building.
• Lockdown is followed by "Locks, Lights, Out of Sight" and is the action used to secure individual rooms and keep students quiet and in place.
• Evacuate is an action that is always followed by a location, and is used to move students and staff from one location to a different location in or out of the building.
• Shelter is an action used when the need for personal protection is necessary. 

SRP was developed by the I Love U Guys Foundation. Its programs for crisis response and post-crisis reunification are used in more than 40,000 schools, districts, departments, agencies, organizations, and communities around the world. They are created through the research-based best practices of school administrators, psychologists, public space safety experts, families, and first responders.

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