• Prevention ▲

  Actions to avoid an incident or to intervene to stop an incident from occurring. Examples: Cyberbullying prevention, pandemic influenza sanitation measures, building access control procedures, security systems and cameras, etc.

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• Mitigation ▲

  Includes activities to reduce the loss of life and property from natural or human-caused disasters by avoiding or lessening the impact of a disaster and providing value to the public by creating safer communities. Examples: Structural changes to buildings, elevating utilities, bracing, and locking chemical cabinets, properly mounting lighting fixtures, ceiling systems, cutting vegetation to reduce wildland fires, etc.

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• Harris County Mitigation Working Committee ▲
  2025 Harris County Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan

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• Preparedness ▲

  A continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action to ensure effective coordination during incident response. Examples: Conducting drills, preparing homework packages to allow continuity of learning if school closures are necessary, etc.

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• Response ▲

  Activities that address the short-term, direct effects of an incident. Examples: Lockdown, shelter-in-place, evacuation of students, search and rescue operations, fire suppression, etc.

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• Recovery ▲

  Encompasses both short-term and long-term efforts for the rebuilding and revitalization of affected communities. Examples: Short-term recovery focuses on crisis counseling and restoration of lifelines such as water and electric supply, and critical facilities. Long-term recovery includes more permanent rebuilding.

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• Visitor Procedures ▲

  Parents and other adult relatives of students are welcome to visit District schools. All visitors are required to report to the main office and obtain a Visitor’s ID Pass. Goose Creek CISD utilizes the Raptor system for the identification of persons who are registered sex offenders. All adult visitors will be required to have a Texas driver’s license or other government-issued photo identification, i.e., passports, visas, scanned by the Raptor system prior to visiting any areas where students are located. 

  
  GCCISD employees are only required to provide their GCCISD identification badge. No mobile photo ID picture accepted. Parents are invited to visit schools for conferences with teachers, the counselor, or administrators at any time the need arises. 

  
  Each teacher has one period set aside each day for conferences and will be available after school for conferences. It is required that parents call the school and schedule a conference with teachers prior to their visit. Parents are encouraged to make an appointment to visit administrators and counselors. Visits to individual classrooms during instructional time shall be permitted only with the principal’s approval, and such visits shall not be permitted if their duration or frequency interferes with the delivery of instruction or disrupts the normal school environment. Parents/guardians may only provide meals for their own child.

   

  Classroom visitations by non-school students are strictly prohibited. Students not enrolled on a campus are discouraged from visiting a school at any time during the day. Parents, relatives, siblings and students from other schools are encouraged to attend school functions, extracurricular activities, and special events that occur outside of the normal school day. Non-school students, other children, siblings, or family houseguests may not attend classes, school parties, field trips, or visit in the classroom.

   

  Texas Education Code § 37.105. UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS: REFUSAL OF ENTRY, EJECTION, IDENTIFICATION. A school administrator, school resource officer, or school district peace officer of a school district may refuse to allow a person to enter on or may eject a person from property under the district's control if the person refuses to leave peaceably on request and:

  • The person poses a substantial risk of harm to any person
  • The person behaves in a manner that is inappropriate for a school setting:

  1. A school administrator, school resource officer, or school district peace officer of a school district may refuse to allow a person to enter on or may eject a person from property under the district's control if the person refuses to leave peaceably on request
  2. The person persists in that behavior

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