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Duval County School Board hears high-level update on security assessments, grants and threat management
Summary
District staff told the board they completed 193 school-safety assessments for 2024–25, reported 15 Q3 school visits by the state Office of Safe Schools, cited an in-process $1.8 million hardening grant and highlighted increases in Fortify Florida tips and threat-management training.
Duval County School Board members on a workshop agenda received a high-level briefing on school security risk assessments, hardening grants and threat-management work.
Glenn Burton, the district’s school safety specialist, told the board the district completed about 193 assessments for the 2024–25 cycle and that the Office of Safe Schools visited 15 schools in the third quarter (10 traditional public schools and five charter schools). Burton said most findings were minor compliance items — for example, missing training certificates or posters — and that those are being addressed. He emphasized that some assessment content is protected from public disclosure and will be…
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