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Alice ISD adds security guard, updates emergency plan and reports phone-pickup discipline data
Summary
The district reported work on the 2025-26 multi-hazard emergency operations plan, added a third campus security guard (William Meadows), and reviewed student cell-phone pickup statistics and safety-platform adoption at several campuses.
District safety and security staff provided the board with an update on multi-hazard planning, campus security staffing, and student-device policy enforcement on Monday.
Staff said the district is preparing the 2025-26 multi-hazard Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) and submitted an active-threat module on Sept. 2; the submission deadline for the EOP is Oct. 2. The safety presentation noted ongoing use of a "DoorCheck" app and the Safety Watch platform for campus drill verification and accountability.
Personnel changes: staff reported the district had hired a third security guard, William Meadows, whose first day was Sept. 2. The hire was credited to a recent board approval to add the position.
Student-device discipline statistics were provided for Alice High School and other campuses. For Dallas High School (identified in transcript as "Dallas High School"), staff reported weekly phone-pickup counts for August: week 1 (Aug. 11-15) 13 phones picked up (first offense); week 2 (Aug. 18-20/25) 25 phones picked up (mostly first offenses); week 3 (Aug. 20-29) 16 phones picked up; week 4 (week of Sept. 5) 16 phones picked up. Staff said schools maintain spreadsheets tracking first/second/third offenses and parent pick-ups.
Staff also discussed plans for campus-level supplies referenced by a safety vendor (body armor and kit maintenance) with purchases and staging planned for next year.
No board action was required; trustees asked follow-up questions about the EOP schedule, phone-pickup data and next steps for campus security posture.
