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Lewisville ISD board approves bond-funded security screening systems, vehicles and temporary staff
Summary
The Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to use 2023 bond funds and district-eligible cooperative contracts to buy enhanced security screening and detection systems, purchase safety vehicles and hire temporary arm screener staff for the district’s initial deployment phase.
The Lewisville Independent School District Board of Trustees on Monday approved using 2023 bond funds and district-eligible cooperative contracts to acquire enhanced security screening and detection systems, safety and security vehicles, and to hire temporary arm-screener positions.
The vote follows administration presentations describing Phase 1 of a multi-part security project and requests to use cooperative purchasing contracts. Board members approved each motion unanimously, 7-0.
Administration described Phase 1 as buying and deploying 60 enhanced screening and detection units across career centers and high school campuses. “This recommendation is to provide enhanced security screening and detection systems for the district security measures to help protect students, employees, and visitors on district property,” a district staff member said during the presentation. The board approved use of cooperative contracts and the list of awarded vendors as presented.
The board separately approved procurement of vehicles for the safety and security department using cooperative contracts. A motion by Board member Doctor Betty Bonner listed specific vehicles the district will purchase, including “1 Dodge Durango SUV, 4 Ford Maverick trucks,” and the motion passed by unanimous vote. The board then approved a motion to use bond funds to hire the noted arm-screener positions “for the length of time the funds are available through the 2023 weapon detection scanner bond project.”
Board members moved and seconded the motions in open session and recorded the outcomes on the record. The president announced each motion carried unanimously (7-0).
Board action is limited to the items presented and recorded: approval to use cooperative contracts for the screening/detection systems, approval to use cooperative contracts for specified vehicles, and authorization to use 2023 bond funds for temporary arm-screener positions. The administration said the safety and security department has evaluated available solutions since January and framed the steps as Phase 1 of a larger rollout.
The board did not adopt additional policy language or change bond authorizations beyond the contract and hiring approvals recorded in the meeting minutes. Follow-up items—vendor-specific purchase orders, deployment schedules and staffing start dates—were not specified in the discussion and will be handled administratively.
