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Board reviews district safety upgrades: 1,700 camera views, access control and emergency drills
Summary
District security staff detailed camera licensing, mapping with first responders, access control on doors, I Love You Guys reunification drills, tourniquets and added SRO coverage. The board voted on camera equipment upgrades for two sites.
District security staff reported a series of upgrades Tuesday aimed at improving school safety and emergency response.
The presenter said the district holds about 1,300 camera licenses representing roughly 1,700 camera views and that individual camera devices and multi‑head units count toward licensing. “The difference is each device that we have we have to have a license for … it’s still $200 per license,” the presenter said.
Staff described a new mapping system (macro and micro versions) that provides detailed camera and door location data for buildings, corridors and surrounding streets. That mapping is shared with local first responders — city police, fire and the county sheriff — to speed dispatch and on‑site navigation during incidents.
The district also reported access control on approximately 600 exterior doors, media centers and select interior locations; door‑numbering and mapping align with dispatch grids so responders can be directed to a specific door. Staff said safe rooms currently lack exterior access control because they are interior spaces.
Emergency preparedness activities include training through the I Love You Guys Foundation, a districtwide reunification drill that reunited about 1,000 students in roughly 90 minutes, quarterly tabletop exercises for a range of scenarios (fire, power outage, cyber), bus driver active‑threat training coordinated with Homeland Security, and placement of tourniquets in AED cabinets at each site.
Board members then considered contract items to expand camera coverage. The board approved a True Technologies package to add roughly 20 cameras at Del City Middle School as part of a multiclassroom addition and approved a second, lower‑cost package for a different school, with staff attributing price variance to support infrastructure and mounts.
No further board action was requested on staffing changes; staff said they plan continued phasing in of newer camera models and periodic tabletop exercises with site leaders.
The board did not debate policies tied to privacy or data retention at this meeting; staff said those topics will come back as needed with procurement details.
