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Forney ISD says intruder-detection audit findings will remain confidential to protect campus safety
Summary
Forney ISD’s police chief summarized Texas Education Agency intruder-detection audits carried out under state school-safety directives and said specific audit findings would not be released publicly because doing so could compromise campus security; the board heard the report in executive session and took no public action.
Greg Ferris, president of the Forney Independent School District Board of Trustees, introduced a staff briefing on intruder-detection audits and invited Chief Jason Saunders to report on steps the district is taking to protect students.
Saunders, identified as chief of the Forney Police Department, said the Texas Education Agency conducted audits of one or more campuses under Governor Abbott’s school-safety directives following the Uvalde school shooting. He described the audits as checks of whether a campus would be accessible to an unauthorized person and said the audits help the district identify improvements, such as ensuring exterior doors remain locked.
"This audit conducted as part of Governor Abbott's school safety directives ... seeks to help districts identify how campuses can improve safety for students," Saunders said. He added that the audits were discussed in the earlier executive session with the district safety and security committee and that "it is in the best interest of the students that we do not share the information with the broader public as it could lead to compromising important campus security information."
Saunders told the board the district is working with its safety and security committee to train staff and secure doors, and he described continued coordination with state partners. The presentation included no public disclosure of the audits' campus-specific results because the district deemed details sensitive and potentially exploitable.
The board did not take any public action on the audits during the open session; Saunders said specifics were discussed in closed session. The report emphasized the district's stated priority of keeping students and staff safe and described the audit as one tool to identify security improvements.
The board may be expected to receive further internal follow-ups from the district safety and security committee; no timeline for any publicly disclosed changes was provided during the presentation.
