Exeter principals request emergency alert systems; board schedules budget workshop to review funding

Two school principals requested funding to install rapid audio/visual emergency alert systems (described as blue-light plus auditory alert installations) to speed schoolwide emergency notification.

At Main Street, the principal described the system as a pull-or-button activation with audio and visual components and said preschool already uses it. The transcript records a vendor quote for Main Street as “$29,45” (amount as read in the meeting); district staff and board members acknowledged that the figure in the transcript is unclear and that a firm written quote will be provided for the budget workshop.

Board members discussed timing and available funds, noting that if adopted the expense would come from the unassigned fund balance or end-of-year funds. The board agreed to schedule a budget workshop before the next meeting, include the two requests and written quotes in the packet, and then vote on expenditures during the following board meeting if desired.