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Carroll County Schools reports $519,000 governor safety grant, SRO partnerships and SchoolDawg audits
Summary
District leaders briefed the board on a new FY25 governor safety grant, expansion and funding arrangements for School Resource Officers, SchoolDawg safety checks and ongoing facilities work including Central Middle and Mount Zion projects.
Carroll County Schools staff on Feb. 10 briefed the board on a set of safety and facilities updates, including a governor-provided safety grant, recent additions to the school resource officer (SRO) program, safety-walk software use and construction progress at several sites.
Operations and safety staff said the district received a one-time governor safety allocation in the FY25 budget of $519,000 to spend by the end of the fiscal year; earlier this year the district had used an initial $1.1 million in state security funds to upgrade strategic systems and add SROs. District staff said they plan to use the new $519,000 to add cameras and access controls across campuses.
On SROs, staff reported adding four SROs this year (assigned to Bound Middle School, Temple Middle School, Central Elementary and Shark Creek Elementary) and said the sheriff’s office agreed to pick up 50% of those officers’ salaries beginning FY26. The City of Temple’s governing body approved paying 50% of an SRO position; district staff said they plan to budget for the district’s 50% share in FY26. District staff discussed that municipalities and the county have varied arrangements for vehicles, training and equipment, and said they will reconfirm those cost-sharing details with partner agencies before finalizing the FY26 budget.
Staff updated the board on SchoolDawg safety-walk software use for exterior/interior door checks and other building inspections. The district set a goal of 20 walkthroughs per month per school; administrators reported improvement from about 60% of schools meeting the target in the first semester to an additional 30 percentage points after added training and support. Staff also said GEMA (state emergency management) audits began this week.
Facilities updates included near completion of the operations center maintenance warehouse (fire marshal inspection passed) and continued progress at Central Middle School and Mount Zion projects; staff said steel erection had begun at Mount Zion and slab work for the multipurpose building would start as weather allowed.
Officials invited board members to visit the new facilities when finished and noted that field trip and fundraising requests would be placed on the consent agenda for the upcoming board meeting.
