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Chambersburg Area SD receives annual safety report detailing K-9 program, weapons-detection purchase and 219 ‘Safe to Say’ tips
Summary
Chief Carter told the school board the district is updating MOUs, completed state police vulnerability assessments at all 18 buildings, used PCCD grant funding for weapons-detection systems and a K-9 team, and logged 219 Safe to Say reports this year, including 27 life-safety tips.
Chief Carter delivered the Chambersburg Area School District’s annual safety report at a board meeting, outlining compliance steps under state law, new equipment purchased with grant funds, and student-safety case counts. The report, presented publicly after a brief administration prefatory remark from Superintendent Chris Bigger, said Pennsylvania State Police vulnerability assessments have been completed at all 18 district buildings and that the district is updating memoranda of understanding with local and state law enforcement.
Why it matters: The presentation summarized where the district has invested recent grant funds and where staff will continue threat-assessment and mental-health screening work. Board members asked about hazardous-materials scenarios, reverse-evacuation planning and the availability of bus- and stop-arm camera footage — questions that the administration said they would continue to refine with county and state partners.
Chief Carter described grants and purchases…
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