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Bend‑LaPine moves campus monitors under safety department, begins one‑year panic‑alarm rollout with ODE grant
Summary
District safety staff moved campus monitor positions under the safety department, trained 16 monitors to meet state compliance, hired an in‑house CERC coordinator and began a phased rollout of a Raptor‑compatible panic/alarm system funded by a one‑year ODE grant. Staff emphasized the system does not replace calls to 911.
The Bend‑LaPine Administrative SD 1 safety office told the board on Aug. 12 that campus monitor positions have been restructured under the district safety department and that 16 campus monitors completed two days of training intended to meet state compliance for unarmed security positions.
Scott Bogdanowski, director of safety, said the district moved the campus monitor FTE from individual schools to the safety department effective July 1 to standardize duties and training. He said the district also hired Lila Lanner to staff the district’s CERC (Critical Event Response Coordination) work so the district will have an in‑house expert to support threat assessment and incident response.
Bogdanowski discussed a phased rollout of a panic/alarm system integrated with the district’s Raptor visitor management and drill‑management tools. He said the district received a one‑year grant from the Oregon Department of Education that supports initial purchase and that the plan is to phase the system from drill management to district incident command and then to all staff devices. Bogdanowski cautioned that no vendor system can directly patch into 911; staff will still need to call emergency services even after an app or alarm is activated.
Board members asked about diversity among campus monitors and SROs; safety staff said the district is working with local law enforcement partners to broaden the candidate pool and that two campus monitors in current staffing are women. Bogdanowski said the ODE grant covers one school year and the district will pursue other grant or local funding to sustain the system beyond that period.
