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Chandler Unified outlines layered school-safety plan and expands student supports
Summary
District officials detailed a multi-layered approach to campus safety — from visitor-management and camera upgrades to tip lines and mental-health staffing — and shared data showing most students report feeling safe in classrooms, while administrators pressed to refine incident rates and follow-up supports.
Dr. David Dela Torre told the Chandler Unified School District governing board on Oct. 8 that the district uses a layered approach to school safety that combines people, technology and student supports.
Dela Torre, presenting in a study session, said the district is midway through required five-year threat vulnerability assessments that inform upgrades, and is replacing an older camera system (Ocularis) with a platform called Access to enable clearer footage and future AI-enabled anomaly detection. "We're transitioning to software that gives us greater capabilities for clarity with our cameras," Dela Torre said.
She described a phased rollout of a Raptor alert-and-visitor-management system that can triangulate the location of an employee's badge or an app alert to within about 10 feet and that…
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