"It's an additional safety feature that our board and administration felt like was absolutely worth the investment. And again as we always do, safety is going to be our number one concern. And this is just another one of those layers of safety," district communications director Meredith Bounds said.
- By Jessica Davis
- January 14, 2019
“When you're talking about an active shooter situation or medical emergency, you're talking about situations where a second saves lives,” Assistant Chief Roger Stearns said.
- By Jessica Davis
- January 11, 2019
“These new doors are heavy, they’re solid, they’re fire-rated and the windows are security glass,” Principal Jordan Engle said.
- By Jessica Davis
- January 11, 2019
"At no time was the safety of our students or staff in jeopardy, as the weapon was unloaded and quickly recovered," Superintendent Linda Rozzi said. "It was determined that the item was unattended for a very brief time."
- By Jessica Davis
- January 11, 2019
The fence is 7 feet tall and is locked during school hours.
- By Jessica Davis
- January 10, 2019
The student was arrested and the Department of Juvenile Justice will handle the charges.
- By Jessica Davis
- January 10, 2019
"[The buzzer system] allows us to see and talk to whoever wants to enter the building, if we need to see an ID they can hold up an ID we can take a picture of that," Campus Police Chief Samuel Brown said.
- By Jessica Davis
- January 10, 2019
The system, which costs about $35,000, includes flashing alarms, emergency push button boxes and alert push button pendants.
- By Jessica Davis
- January 09, 2019
"In some of these older schools, like our high school was built in 1934, it is a beautiful building, but back in 1934, a lot of our doors were not really built at the time when safety and security was probably at the foremost of someone's attention,” Superintendent Susan Johnson said.
- By Jessica Davis
- January 09, 2019
The events of 2018 have school safety at the top of mind for Texas legislation.
- By Sydny Shepard
- January 09, 2019