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Board discusses new school-safety audit, revisits pylons and vestibule upgrades
Summary
North Stonington Board members urged a fresh safety audit and follow-up on recommendations from a roughly five-year-old walkthrough, including pylons at entries, vestibule glass upgrades and fencing; the chair will retrieve prior audit notes and consult the superintendent about a second audit.
The North Stonington Board of Education spent substantial time on July 22 discussing school safety and whether to commission a new audit of security recommendations.
Board members said the district's last safety audit was about five years ago and asked for a reassessment. Amy, a board member, said the district should "get another audit done, so that the experts can continue to recommend what's best for our community," and urged follow-through on recommendations that were not implemented after the prior review.
Members recited specific measures that had been recommended previously during walkthroughs: placing pylons at the high-school entry, adding bullet-resistant glass in vestibules, expanding fencing and adding cameras. Several members noted those items were discussed but not funded or fully implemented. One board member suggested low-cost interim steps (for example, temporary barriers), and others urged coordination with the town because some safety-related assets are town property.
The chair committed to locating the prior safety-audit materials and to "talk to Dr. Rose about what does it take to maybe look at a 2nd audit and bring that forward to the board and see if there's interest," signaling that the board may return with a formal proposal or funding request. No formal motion to fund a new audit was recorded in the transcript.
