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Safety staff warn board that proposed 5% cuts would stretch coverage at Oak Park High School
Summary
Multiple safety and support staff urged the Oak Park - River Forest SD 200 board to reject a proposed 5% reduction to campus safety and overtime budgets, saying current mobile coverage is already stretched in the school’s roughly 1,000,000‑square‑foot facility and that evening events rely on overtime to be staffed safely.
Security and safety staff told the Oak Park - River Forest SD 200 board on March 26 that a proposed 5% reduction to campus safety budgets and overtime would create gaps in supervision across the district’s large high‑school campus.
Speakers at the public‑comment period described operational staffing levels and examples of how coverage drops at key times. One commenter who identified herself as a safety officer and chief union steward said staffing is already stretched and asked whether the district currently has enough coverage “to meet the demands of this building during the school day and beyond.”…
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