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Board presses staff on how Crestview will balance open community use with child safety
Summary
During the Crestview design review, board members sought details about security zoning, secure vestibules, playground fencing and operational decisions about when the facility would be locked down; staff described layered entry controls and options to lock wings while allowing community access.
A recurring theme during the Crestview presentation was how the district will keep small children safe while allowing community access to the same building. Presenters described a layered approach to security that includes perimeter design, controllable entry points, secure vestibules for the pre-K area and enhanced glazing intended to slow forced entry.
"We can say, you know what? I think today needs to be a little bit more secure," John Morrissette said when describing the facility’s flexible security modes. Board members said they were concerned about day-to-day operational decisions—who authorizes a particular security posture and how site staff will make those calls—urging staff to make protocols explicit before occupancy.
Staff responded that the design includes multiple, segmentable lockdown points and that the pre-K area will be set up as a permanently secure zone; the production kitchen and community kitchen are separated so public cooking classes do not share the same licensed food-prep area used by pre-K meal service. Staff also said they will add security-focused meetings to user-group work as the project moves toward contract documents.
