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Westbury board approves updated districtwide school safety plan after public hearing
Summary
After a public hearing, the Westbury board unanimously adopted the district's 2025-26 school safety plan, highlighting panic-button systems, perimeter fencing, camera upgrades, AED access and training, and partnerships with private security and outside assessors.
At a Sept. 16 hearing, the Westbury Union Free School District presented and the Board of Education approved the districtwide school safety plan for the 2025-26 school year, following a presentation by Supervisor of Security Jennifer Doyle and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Rhonda Booth.
"Each year, school districts are required to present a draft safety plan, which then has to be approved by a board of education," Doyle said during her presentation. She described upgrades implemented since the 2024 plan, including new perimeter fencing, door alarm adjustments, strategic personal panic buttons and wall-mounted panic buttons, improved signage and blue lockdown lights…
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