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HEB ISD presents student safety task force findings; recommends IDs, more counselors and ongoing community engagement
Summary
A 75-member community task force convened by HEB ISD reviewed school safety practices and recommended steps including required ID badges for secondary students, enhanced event security, more counseling resources and continued external engagement; the district will form an internal implementation task force.
HEB ISD staff presented findings from a community Student Safety Task Force on school safety, summarizing four weeks of meetings with 75 randomly selected community members who reviewed school resource officer roles, Texas school safety standards and student-discipline rules.
Dr. Johnson (district staff member) told the board the task force met repeatedly to build shared learning and consensus. The external task force examined the role of SROs, the district's safety and threat-assessment practices, and Texas Education Code Chapter 37 provisions on student discipline, and then used structured activities to produce recommendations.
Task force participants and presenters emphasized preparedness and community involvement. Betley Wade, a former Trinity High School student and current sophomore…
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