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District reports mixed Office of Safe Schools compliance: 37% of inspected schools had no cited deficiencies in quarter; board asks for comparison with peer big
Summary
District presented its Office of Safe Schools quarterly compliance summary: 37% of inspected schools had no reported deficiencies during the sampled inspections; board members asked for peer‑district comparisons and promised stronger compliance monitoring with redeployed area security managers.
Broward County Public Schools staff presented the Office of Safe Schools quarterly compliance report at the Aug. 20 workshop, highlighting inspection results and planned changes to district monitoring staff.
District compliance coordinators said the state’s Office of Safe Schools inspects a subset of campuses and that, for the quarter under review, about 27 schools were inspected; 37 percent of those inspected had no cited safety‑related deficiencies. Staff cautioned that the state inspection process examines a selection of required items and may record a single deficiency that puts a school into the “deficient” bucket even when most measures are met.
District leaders described operational changes aimed at improving compliance. Chief Safety and Security staff said 277 cameras from an earlier pilot are installed, additional units are on order and cameras will be activated when parental consent thresholds for a given classroom are met. Staff also announced a reorganization of area security managers (ASMs): a portion of the ASM staff will focus on compliance checks and reporting while the remainder will continue operational campus support.
Board members pressed staff for comparative data. Trustees asked the superintendent to request comparable Office of Safe Schools figures from other large Florida urban districts so Broward can benchmark its results. Trustees also asked staff to produce clearer communications to principals and families about compliance expectations and remediation timelines.
No changes to safety policy were made at the workshop. Staff said they will continue inspections and will follow up with metrics requested by trustees, including peer comparisons and documentation of the ASM reorganization’s effect on compliance rates.
