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Petersburg schools outline expanded security and emergency-management plan
Summary
District security director presented upgrades to staffing, training, cameras, vestibules, radio repeaters and a quarterly planning model; board members pressed for better front-door enforcement and patrols.
Petersburg City Public Schools’ director of security and emergency management, Paul Ronka, told the school board on Aug. 6 that the division has completed multiple security upgrades and is expanding training, oversight and a quarterly planning cycle for 2025–26. The presentation detailed new or upgraded vestibules at three elementary schools, replacement and expansion of interior and exterior cameras and the installation of dash and interior bus cameras. Ronka said the division also installed a radio repeater at Petersburg High School to fix communication gaps and is piloting a mobile surveillance trailer. Why it matters: Ronka said the upgrades,…
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