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Port Jervis board hears extensive districtwide safety upgrades; approves new security attendants
Summary
At a Port Jervis City School District Board of Education meeting, Buildings & Grounds Director Justin Bosch outlined districtwide safety upgrades — including door‑swipe access with a 20‑second lockdown delay, protective window film and lockdown shades, expanded camera monitoring, a Knox‑style responder box and new PA/visual alert systems — and the board approved personnel changes that add security attendants.
At a Port Jervis City School District Board of Education meeting, Buildings & Grounds Director Justin Bosch described a series of districtwide safety measures the district has installed or is rolling out and noted the board approved personnel changes that add security attendants.
Bosch told the board that nearly all campus exterior and classroom doors now use electronic card swipes and that the district programs a 20‑second delay before swipes lock during a lockdown so students and staff in hallways have time to enter classrooms. He said IT can remotely change access for particular staff and that law enforcement badges continue to work during a lockdown.
Bosch also described protective window film installed on first‑floor classroom windows and a rolling “lockdown” shade installed in classrooms to block sight lines into rooms during an event. “If there’s an intruder in the building, they’re going to look in the window. They’re going to wiggle the door. Door’s locked,…
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