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Intruder‑detection audit finds exterior door issues at CE King High; district outlines fixes and training
Summary
A Texas School Safety Center intruder‑detection audit of C.E. King High School found two exterior doors defective or propped open; the district reported passing initial building access testing, outlined immediate repairs and staff/substitute training, and said findings were reviewed with the district safety committee.
District security staff reported results of a Texas School Safety Center (on behalf of the Texas Education Agency) intruder‑detection audit at C.E. King High School and described steps taken to address findings.
“Sometimes the door is open, they’ll go in,” said the district’s director of security and emergency management, summarizing the audit’s first phase and the intent behind it. The audit proceeds in phases: an initial attempt to gain access, an exterior‑door review, classroom‑door checks, and verification of weekly door‑audit records.
District officials told trustees the audit team could not gain uncontrolled access to the building (phase 1 passed), but the exterior‑door phase identified two doors with mechanical problems and one propped open, which caused a Phase‑2 finding. Interior classroom doors and the district’s safety binder records passed the audit. The district said it had already recorded and repaired the faulty doors and had issued work orders for the others.
District staff described immediate steps taken after the audit: weekly exterior door checks (already in place), a twice‑daily exterior door inspection by school resource officers, strengthened messaging to staff and substitutes about keeping doors closed and locked, and a requirement that visitors be escorted to the front office rather than simply being directed there. The district also said it had posted the audit finding to the board agenda as required, and that the district safety committee reviewed the findings on April 11.
Board members asked about substitute training frequency and follow‑up at the campus level; staff said annual training is supplemented by routine reminders in weekly newsletters and daily announcements and that campuses receive targeted notifications when they are scheduled for audit. In response to a trustee question about which doors had been propped, staff said one was traced to a teacher and handled as a campus matter, another was a maintenance issue at an indoor practice facility and was fixed promptly, and the third appeared to be caused by a slow‑closing door that did not latch fully that day and was repaired the same day.
What’s next: district staff said they will continue weekly exterior audits, ensure substitute training is documented, and post the audit and corrective actions to comply with TEA requirements.
