Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the School Safety topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Teacher tells board decades‑old alarm at Pioneer Elementary repeatedly fails; county monitor says no Williams emergency finding
Summary
A Pioneer Elementary teacher urged the Weaver Union board to prioritize replacing a decades‑old alarm system that has beeped, shown low‑battery warnings and triggered a recent rain‑linked false alarm; a county monitor said the Williams review found no emergency facility findings but the district may submit complaints for follow‑up.
Isa, a fifth‑grade teacher at Pioneer Elementary School, urged trustees to prioritize replacing the school's alarm system, saying it has produced persistent beeping and low‑battery indicators, has doors that are not alarmed and recently activated a fire alarm without evidence of fire during rain.
"The alarm system...constantly is making a beeping noise...this weekend the fire alarm went off and there was no fire...it appears that it was the rain that caused it to go off," Isa told the board during public comment. She said Hoffman monitors the system, a maintenance vendor performs repairs and the district faces finger‑pointing about which party is responsible for long‑running failures.
A Mer County Office of Education representative who reported on a Williams monitoring visit said the county inspects textbooks and facilities and that the current year's visit produced no emergency Williams findings related to the fire‑alarm system, while noting the county process allows the district to file complaints for staff follow‑up.
Board members acknowledged the concern during the Williams report and in subsequent discussion of facilities and safety policy language. The transcript records the teacher's request and the county monitor's comment but does not include a formal board directive to replace the system or a funding decision. The teacher estimated the system is roughly 30 years old; vendors and maintenance providers on the record in public comment disputed which party bears responsibility for repairs.
