District completes safety audits; board hears vaping, camera and reporting‑app updates
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District safety staff reported completion of nearly all referendum‑funded security upgrades and districtwide safety audits, with only door‑alarm work outstanding. The board discussed vaping among students, limits to on‑site testing for THC, the Stop It reporting app and restoring 911 camera access.
District safety director Mr. Giant told the board that safety audits are complete for all schools and that most referendum‑funded safety upgrades — including door access controls and radio systems — are finished, with a remaining set of door‑prop alarms still to be completed.
He said open‑gate/random screenings at middle and high schools have helped find contraband, most commonly vapes. "The biggest thing that we're finding is vapes," Mr. Giant said, and noted the district is tracking repeat offenses through school discipline records and escalating consequences via the discipline matrix.
Board members asked whether the district can test cartridges to distinguish THC vapes from nicotine; Mr. Giant said the district cannot do on‑site chemical testing and that SLED remains the channel for formal testing but is often backlogged. He added that many cartridges are labeled and that some cartridges can be reloaded, making field identification difficult.
On technology and reporting, the district said camera access for 911 dispatch is being restored following a recent network update that temporarily removed access; the Stop It reporting app remains active on student devices and has helped intercept high‑priority incidents, including two recent interventions the director described as stopping a suicide in progress and an at‑home incident.
Trustees asked for continued logs on weapons detection and updates when 911 access is fully restored.