East St. Louis SD 189 introduces Marquise Wren as director of safety and security
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Summary
Marquise Wren, newly approved director of safety and security for East St. Louis School District 189, told the board he aims to prioritize training, intruder drills and building safety based on prior work in juvenile investigations and force-investigative units.
The East St. Louis School District 189 board introduced Marquise Wren as the district's director of safety and security and heard a summary of his background and priorities.
Wren told the board he began working with East St. Louis schools in 1997 and has experience across district schools and in St. Louis, where he served 13 years as a juvenile detective before being promoted to sergeant. He said, while a sergeant, he supervised a unit called the Force Investigative Unit, which investigated police shootings. "I'm real big on training. I'm real big on intruder drills and building safety and all of that," Wren said.
Wren said his experience includes school-based work and managing juvenile-justice matters. He told the board he hopes the community will "give me the patience and the time" to accomplish his goals for school safety and training.
The appointment was introduced during the presentations portion of the meeting; no board vote on the appointment is recorded in the transcript excerpt provided.