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Superintendent updates board on security upgrades, Raptor system and new playgrounds
Summary
Superintendent reported expanded camera and access-control work, phased rollout of the Raptor emergency notification system, license-plate camera installation, and imminent ribbon cuttings for school playgrounds; school also credited volunteers and PTA for donations.
During the superintendent’s report Sept. 22, district leaders detailed security and campus-safety upgrades completed and planned across Lewis Central campuses.
The district has installed a vestibule and new cameras at Kreft, expanded door-access systems and plans to add cameras with license-plate readers in the high-school parking lot. The superintendent said the district is tying an emergency response app (Raptor) into strobes and screen-capture systems so an authorized user can trigger a lockdown, shelter-in-place or evacuation message and simultaneously notify emergency dispatch if required. “You push a button a few times and bingo — everybody is notified at once,” the superintendent said, describing phased activation to reduce false alarms.
Playground work was also discussed: the Kreft playground was expected to be finished the week after the meeting, with a planned ribbon-cutting the following Thursday at about 9 a.m.; Titan Hill work will be phased and likely complete in October, with a separate ribbon-cutting. The superintendent made clear the district does not pay for homecoming fireworks — a community donor pays and the district secures permits.
Other operational items reported: staff continue to track bus pricing and lead times (district expects about an eight-month delivery window for new buses if ordered in October); new practice fields will be installed on recently acquired property to offer community and junior-high practice space; and the district is replacing framed photos in public areas with updated images and offering the removed photos to families free of charge.
The superintendent also reported early results from a new high-school cell-phone policy: of roughly 1,000 high-school students, about 30 students had phone infractions in the first 30 days and only a handful received suspensions (mostly for refusing staff requests to surrender phones, which became insubordination). The superintendent reported positive staff and student reactions to the policy so far.
