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District pursues COPS grant to replace vintage classroom doors flagged by safety audit
Summary
District staff said they will apply for a competitive COPS school-violence protection grant to seek about $200,000 to replace original 1954 classroom doors at Heading Grama School, which a safety audit and health/life safety review identified as not meeting code.
District staff told the board they intend to apply for the COPS school-violence protection grant and seek roughly $200,000 to replace classroom doors at Heading Grama School. Staff said the doors are original to the building (1954) and that health/life-safety reviews and a safety audit identified the doors as needing replacement because they can be forced open even when locked and are not up to current fire code.
The presenter said the grant is competitive, that applicants nationwide can include law enforcement and universities, and that the district needs three letters of support to complete the application; a local ROE official and a county sheriff were mentioned as potential supporters. The board discussed the competitive nature of the grant and agreed staff would pursue the application and obtain necessary support signatures.
