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Capital Improvements Committee debates campus fencing design, timeline and community input
Summary
Committee members, campus police and capital projects staff discussed where and how to add perimeter fencing at district campuses, agreed to seek more design guidance and community input, and pledged a timeline for next steps but did not authorize construction contracts.
Committee members spent the meeting weighing whether to add perimeter fencing at district campuses, how fencing should look and who should be consulted before bids are issued.
The discussion centered on three linked questions: which campuses should receive fencing, how fencing should be designed so it does not look "prison like," and how to engage principals, teachers and neighborhoods on site-specific plans. Capital projects staff said no fencing contracts have been awarded and said staff would not move forward to award any contract until the committee reached consensus on scope and design and campus police had completed site reviews.
Why it matters: Committee members said fencing is a security layer but noted it carries costs, design trade-offs and potential community concerns. Several members urged a standardized, transparent process to decide where fencing is appropriate and what the…
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