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Ontario SD 8C safety review highlights layered security, metal-detection cost and Aiken remodel plans
Summary
In a presentation requested by the superintendent, the district’s safety lead reviewed emergency protocols, an April 2022 swatting incident that accelerated changes, communications upgrades and three screening options — including a $90,000-per-entry metal detector — while board members discussed corridor and office remodels at Aiken Elementary and potential bond financing.
At the Ontario SD 8C board meeting, the district’s safety coordinator (first addressed in the record as Michael) gave a wide-ranging update on campus security, emergency procedures and planned facility changes aimed at reducing student exposure during arrivals and evacuations.
Michael told the board the district formally adopted the I Love You Guys Foundation standard-response protocols and has mandatory drills and written emergency action plans at each school. He said a 2022 swatting call at the high school prompted faster implementation of communication and reunification procedures and that the district now maintains a designated reunification site to be used only at law-enforcement direction.
“Everyone has an assignment,” Michael said, describing the…
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