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Public presses board to finalize police MOU and coordinate districtwide safety steps
Summary
Residents and staff urged the board to finalize a memorandum of understanding with the township for Class 3 school officers and to create a districtwide safety committee after parents reported lapses in visitor checks and event security at Hazelwood School.
Multiple parents and staff told the Middlesex Borough School District Board of Education on May 20 that they have experienced lapses in school security at Hazelwood School and urged the district to finalize a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the township that would allow Class 3 school officers in district buildings.
A parent who identified herself as a Hazelwood attendee described an enrichment expo in which about 30 visitors waited outside in the rain and later entered the vestibule without consistent ID checks. “We were not escorted, just pointed in the right direction, and no one was checked for verification that they were supposed to be there. That’s a major…
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