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Nash County schools describe security investments, but full coverage and costs remain unsettled
Summary
Dr. Leon Desphere Dream, associate superintendent for Nash County Public Schools, told the Oct. 28 joint meeting that the district has layered physical and digital safety measures across its schools, including cameras, panic buttons and weapon-detection systems.
Dr. Leon Desphere Dream, associate superintendent for Nash County Public Schools, told the joint meeting Oct. 28 that the district has layered physical and digital safety measures across its schools, including cameras, access control on exterior doors, emergency "red panic buttons" tied to a 911 call flow, and a Lightspeed filtering system for district devices.
"We have cameras. We have access control for all of our exterior doors. We have SROs in all of our schools. We have safety drills," Dream said, summarizing the district's approach to school safety and noting districtwide anonymous reporting and school-based mental-health services.
Why it matters: district leaders said these measures are intended to reduce risk…
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