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Trustees hear corrective plan after safety audit found multiple unsecured exterior doors at district high school
Summary
Staff told the board TEA-related intruder-detection inspections flagged four exterior-door issues in the athletic area of the district high school (three unlocked due to human error and one malfunctioning); the district has documented failures in personnel files, implemented retraining, created an athletic safety manual, and added layered door checks.
District staff reported findings and corrective steps after an intruder-detection inspection focused on athletic facilities at the district's high school.
Speaker 2 briefed trustees that the Texas Education Agency has deployed random intruder-detection inspections and that the district's high school, a 75-acre campus with about 177 exterior doors, had several specific deficiencies in athletic areas. Mr. Christian and other athletics staff explained auditors found four exterior doors with issues: three were unlocked because of human error and one door was mechanically not functioning.
Mr. Christian said staff treated the findings seriously: memoranda and directives documenting failures were placed in responsible coaches' personnel files, immediate repairs were initiated (including a maintenance work order for the faulty door) and athletic staff were retrained. He described a new athletic safety-and-security manual that specifies daily responsibilities for securing facilities, and a three-layer checks system: weekly administrative door inspections, rotating coach spot checks recorded with a Google form and time stamp, and additional spot checks by athletic leadership.
The inspection event was discussed with a date around April 9. Board members and staff discussed mechanical causes (doors that expand or contract due to HVAC conditions, paint thickness or bent frames), simple human-error failures (coaches or equipment staff leaving doors unlocked), and mitigation options including signage, minor reframing/sanding, and routine checks. Mr. Christian said the district has a TEA-approved training program it adapts for local deficiencies and that staff assessment scores on the targeted training were 90% or higher.
Staff also described enforcement steps: progressive accountability that begins with a memorandum of record, followed by a letter of directive, and potential personnel evaluation if failures continue. The board asked that staff continue reporting updates; staff said the corrective-action plan is followed by work orders to make repairs and will be monitored through the end of the school year and updated over the summer.
