East Central ISD staff on Nov. 6 told the board that an unannounced intruder‑detection audit and a separate, comprehensive Texas Education Agency vulnerability assessment produced mostly positive feedback but identified specific corrective items the district must complete.

Mr. McKay, who led the briefing, said the intruder audit involved an unannounced walk‑through and "the auditor did not gain access to Central High School. He was stopped, by 1 of our safety monitors." Staff reported two perimeter doors were found unlocked during a 7‑minute passing period, which they attributed to human error and a propped door used by students.

The district described immediate remediations: increased patrols by safety monitors and assistant principals on passing duty, a golf‑cart checklist monitoring the campus’s 177 doors and 27 gates, weekly and more frequent random internal door audits (planned every 2–3 weeks), refresher safety and security training with a slide deck and quiz (217 staff completed with a minimum 90% pass rate), and personnel memos placed in the files of teachers responsible for satellite buildings to document accountability.

Mr. McKay also described facility corrections identified by TEA’s vulnerability assessment: three malfunctioning doors already repaired; ordered installation of peepholes for solid doors (about two‑thirds installed); numbering of garage and mechanical doors to conform with the International Fire Code; corrected campus maps (including a north arrow) that will be redistributed to 9‑1‑1 agencies; and procurement of statutorily mandated breaching tools, which the district ordered but said were backordered.

On funding, a trustee asked whether the new mandates were funded. Mr. McKay said the mandates were not state‑funded but that the district used remaining grant dollars to cover some costs — notably the bullet‑resistant film — and will submit evidence of completion to TEA’s Sentinel platform for verification.

The board was told the district presented the corrective plan to its school‑safety committee, which approved it, and that staff will continue to report back as items are completed. The board did not take a formal vote on the remediation plan during the workshop.

What's next: staff will continue installations and documentation, submit evidence in TEA’s Sentinel system for re‑verification, and bring any items requiring board action back to the regular meeting agenda.