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Duval schools report full completion of state safety assessments; district urges more cameras, signage and electronic entry
Summary
Duval County officials told the school board the district completed state-mandated school risk assessments for 188 schools and recommended additional cameras, signage, vestibules, electronic entry access, Knox boxes and targeted training.
Derek Lewis, the district’s school safety specialist, told the Duval County School Board on Nov. 4 that the district met the state requirement for school safety risk assessments and is recommending further security upgrades.
The school safety update, presented during a board workshop, summarized results from the Florida Safe School Assessment Tool (FSET). Lewis said 188 schools completed the tool on time and principals answered roughly 600 questions about physical security, emergency preparedness, drills and threat response capabilities. ‘‘By October 1, every school in Duval County has to have a school risk assessment,’’ Lewis said.
The report showed high compliance on several basic preparedness items. Lewis said every school reported having a family reunification plan and designated ‘‘hard corners’’ or safe areas for students; those items showed 100% completion in the questionnaire. The assessments also highlighted recurring gaps that staff and first responders raised during multi-agency tours, including…
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