Our approach
Most schools drill alone. We design exercises where the school and every responding agency play their own roles against a shared scenario, so coordination problems surface in the exercise rather than the incident. Exercises are scoped to the district's objectives and scaled from tabletop to functional.
Exercise design
Built with every partner at the table.
- Objectives and scenario: Objectives set with the district and its partners, and a scenario that tests them realistically.
- Tabletop exercises: Facilitated discussion of an active threat and reunification scenario with school and agency leadership.
- Functional exercises: Simulated incident command, school response, and reunification without disrupting students.
- Sensitive content handling: Scenarios and conduct designed for a school setting, with staff and community considerations built in.
Conduct and follow-through
From the exercise to the improvement.
- Facilitation and control: Practitioners who facilitate and control the exercise and keep it safe.
- Evaluation: Evaluators assigned to the school and each agency, capturing coordination as well as response.
- After-action report: Candid findings by objective, with corrective actions for the district and each partner.
- Annual exercise cycle: A progressive cycle so preparedness survives staff turnover.
Why High Street?
High Street brought Beehive to the National Safe Schools Conference and designs school exercises with the same HSEEP rigor we apply to federal and state agencies, adapted to the school environment.