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Harlingen CISD reports near-complete intruder-detection upgrades, $2.3M BDA work and several campus facility projects
Summary
District facilities committee heard updates that bidirectional amplifiers (BDAs) funded by TEA are roughly 90% complete, multiple TRE/maintenance-tax projects are in finishing stages and two double-wide portables will move to Travis STEM campus.
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District’s facilities and safety committee on June 16 received an update on ongoing school-safety and facility projects, including the district’s bidirectional amplifier (BDA) installation — a Texas Education Agency-funded emergency-responders communications enhancement project — that officials said is effectively complete in the field.
The update matters because the BDA work and related radio-infrastructure projects are intended to eliminate radio dead spots inside campuses and improve first-responder communications during emergencies. Facilities staff also briefed trustees on multiple TRE and maintenance-tax projects, contingency balances and an upcoming move of double-wide portable classrooms to Travis STEM Academy.
Danny Castillo, who delivered the school-safety overview to the committee, said the district is engaged in “our ongoing TEA intruder detection audit process”…
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