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Safety assessment: district recommends barriers, signage, radio upgrades and weapon‑screening study
Summary
District safety staff recommended vehicle mitigation barriers, additional signage, upgraded radios, expanded camera coverage and a study of weapon‑detection systems after completing the annual school safety assessments.
David Fosseredet, the district safety specialist, presented findings from the district’s annual school safety assessments and recommended a set of infrastructure and programmatic measures to improve campus security.
Fosseredet said the assessments are done in collaboration with public safety partners and include school‑level data (student discipline and criminal incidents), infrastructure and utilities, communications and access control, camera coverage, and prevention and threat‑management practices. The district also conducts campus tours with Flagler County Sheriff’s Office staff, including intelligence unit personnel who review campuses from a first‑responder perspective.
Based on the assessments, staff recommended: installing vehicle mitigation barriers to slow vehicles on campus approaches; adding exterior and interior signage to direct visitors and first responders; ensuring comprehensive and modern camera coverage; improving radio communications interoperability with first responders; formalizing reunification and incident command coordination with county and city agencies; and studying weapon‑detection systems as a proactive measure. Staff said they monitor best practices and bring successes (for example, enhanced clinic models that raised participation above 70% and reduced claims in one district) to Flagler for consideration.
Fosseredet told the board that Department of Education school‑hardening grant funding has decreased over time; staff currently anticipate approximately $171,000 for the upcoming grant and have internally budgeted about $300,000 for safety projects. Board members and staff discussed expanding School Resource Deputy (SRD) roles in prevention programs such as D.A.R.E.‑style or drug‑prevention curricula; the sheriff’s office and SRD program expressed support and staff said they would explore options for expanded collaboration.
The presentation is informational; no formal board action was taken at the workshop. Staff said they will return with more detailed options and cost estimates as funding opportunities and procurement timelines are clarified.
