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Board approves state school safety grant increase; director highlights 9-1-1 camera access
Summary
The board approved a budget increase for a state public school safety grant of $216,904.52 and Director Ridge described a new Real Time Crime Operation Center giving 9-1-1 access to school cameras to support SRO response and emergency management.
The Blount County Board of Education approved a budget increase to accept and allocate a state public school safety grant listed in the meeting transcript with an amount of $216,904.52.
Chair opened discussion and recorded a motion and second to approve the budget increase. Miss Dany read roll call votes; the board recorded affirmative votes to approve the grant budget increase.
Director Ridge gave additional context about district-sheriff collaboration on school security, saying the sheriff’s office now has access to school cameras through a new platform called the Real Time Crime Operation Center. Ridge said the access “allows the SRO in the school to actually be dealing with it and not trying to get on the cameras and control that,” describing it as another layer of security and a tool for emergency response.
The director also recognized Eagleton audio-visual production students and staff for improving the district’s recognition and livestream production quality, and noted a student-made banner used for tonight’s event.
The board did not specify line-item budget allocations for the grant in the meeting record; the motion approved the budget increase as presented and the roll call vote was recorded.
