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Hardee superintendent details perimeter breach at Huachula Elementary, outlines new training and safety specialist hire
Summary
Superintendent Bennett recapped an Aug. 21 perimeter breach at Huachula Elementary, saying interior lockdown protocols kept students safe and describing new trainings, ID badges, monthly drills and a two-week bus-driver training; the board also introduced a new safety specialist who will begin next Thursday.
Superintendent Bennett told the Hardee County School Board on Aug. 28 that an individual was observed jumping a north-side fence at Huachula Elementary on Aug. 21 and that video shows the person on campus from about 10:56 to 11:00 a.m. She said the principal, Christie Bellflower, immediately conferred with the school resource officer, Amy Drake, who began an on-site investigation and later contacted local police to obtain a case number and, ultimately, an arrest.
Bennett said the district completed the required online report to the Florida Department of Education and notified parents after gathering…
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