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District to seek motion to install Safe and EPIC audio enhancements at Evans and East Lansdowne
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Summary
Staff presented an implementation plan for the Safe dual-button alert and the EPIC schoolwide communication platform to be piloted at Evans and East Lansdowne using project savings; a motion for consideration will be brought to the board.
Mr. Deans told the Property Committee the audio-enhancements project introduced in October will move forward as part of existing construction/enhancement work at Evans and East Lansdowne. He said the first products to be implemented are the Safe two-button alert system and the EPIC schoolwide communications platform, which integrates with Safe.
Deans said funding for this pilot would come from project savings realized during finalization of a related project — savings he quantified as "over $800,000" — and that the implementation will be proposed as a motion for board consideration in an upcoming packet. "There will be a motion for consideration to begin moving forward with this project," he said.
Board members asked why Evans and East Lansdowne were chosen; Deans responded that the audio enhancements were already part of the schools' design and reallocating the saved funds to implement the systems at those sites made operational and safety sense. A district staff member clarified the transfer of funds is within the same school's project budget and not diverting money from other schools' projects.
Next steps: Deans said staff will bring a formal motion to the board for consideration; no vote was held at this Property Committee meeting.
