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Parent tells Hoke County board campus security systems aren’t reliable; administration to follow up

Hoke County Board of Education · February 10, 2026
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Summary

A parent told the Hoke County School Board the school's ID scanners and security practices are failing and could lead to a catastrophic incident if not fixed; administration asked for contact information and said it will follow up. No formal action was taken.

A Hoke County High School parent urged the board Feb. 10 to fix malfunctioning security systems and improve monitoring, saying overwhelmed safety officers and broken scanners prevent the district from accurately tracking students.

“If it's not working, what is the plan forward to make sure we're fixing it?” the parent, identified in the record as Ishaia DeRear Senior, asked the board,…

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