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Rocklin Unified details safety spending, threat response and plan for site assessments
Summary
Associate superintendent Marty Flowers told the board the district spends about $800,000–$1.2 million a year on safety, has increased cameras to 239, expanded radios and SRO coverage, and plans to bring a contract for site vulnerability assessments to the Dec. 18 meeting.
District leaders presented a multi-part safety update detailing staffing, equipment purchases, training and recent threat responses and recommended next steps to complete site vulnerability assessments.
"We spend between $800,000 and $1.2 million a year on safety," Associate Superintendent Marty Flowers told the board, listing line items that include physical, mental health and cyber security supports. Flowers said the district has 30 members on the safety committee and described investments made this year, including 308 two-way radios distributed across sites and an increase in campus cameras from 175 to 239.
Flowers described training and partnerships with the Rocklin Police Department, including co-facilitated "run, hide, fight" trainings and joint threat debriefs after two threats occurred earlier in the year. He praised the police response time and credited site practices for limiting disruption, while identifying communication and reunification procedures as areas for improvement.
"We had two threats made 30 seconds apart," Flowers said, describing the district and police debrief that followed and what the district learned about communications and reunification processes. He said the district will pursue a contract to complete vulnerability assessments at every site and aims to bring that contract for board consideration on Dec. 18.
Chief Rustin Banks of the Rocklin Police Department thanked the board and emphasized the partnership between the department and the district. Flowers said other safety measures include updated door locks, window coverings, alarm and phone upgrades and expanded staff identification procedures to limit unvetted adults on campuses.
Board members asked whether assessments and upgrades could be completed in 2025; Flowers said he had preliminary vendor conversations and expected vulnerability assessments to be finished by the end of the school year, with a contract returned to the board at the next meeting.
The board did not take final action on the assessment contract at this meeting; staff said they will return with procurement documents if negotiations proceed.
