Medina Valley ISD board adopts CKE Local revisions to transition from SROs to district police as part of consent agenda

Medina Valley ISD trustees on May 27 approved revisions to board policy CKE Local intended to implement the district's transition from a school resource officer model to a district-operated police department. The policy revision was included in the consent agenda and carried with the rest of the consent items.

Superintendent Dr. Kalos referenced the policy change during the consent-item summary, noting it had been presented as a first reading at the prior meeting and was now part of the packet for final approval. The board had previously discussed public-safety and safety-operations issues in the safety committee, including an update that described the transition from SROs to district police and marshals in training.

The consent packet did not include an operational roll-out timeline or detailed staffing table in open session. Staff indicated that implementation details, training and department purchases had been discussed in committee and would be handled by administration and the district police implementation team.

What was approved - Revision to CKE Local to reflect the move from SROs to a district police department; the revision was approved as part of the consent agenda.

What remains to be done - Board and staff will need to complete operational planning, finalize purchases and training schedules, and provide implementation milestones to the board in future packets. The district's safety committee reported that intruder-detection safety audits and the district access-control project are complete and that marshals are in training.

Public comment - No members of the public signed up to speak during the meeting's public-comment period.

The action was approved by motion of Ben Juarez, seconded by Joe Biederger, and carried unanimously by the board members present.