This month’s meetings of the College Station and Bryan school boards included presentations about increased safety and security measures for the 2018-19 school year.
Both districts have increased employee training, added school resource officers and deputies, giving SRO/SRD’s a locked location inside campus buildings to store their weapons, installed electronic locks inside campus buildings, and using the same app that will allow two-way anonymous communication between students and employees and law enforcement.
College Station ISD deputy superintendent Mike Martindale listed six areas of emphasis.
The presentation to the Bryan school board included 15 items that have or will be done. That list includes needs assessments for perimeter fences, security cameras, and key cards.
Superintendent Christie Whitbeck and school board president Mark McCall also talked about why the district’s safety task force did not recommend metal detectors.
Click HERE to read and download background information given to the Bryan ISD school board.
Click below to hear comments from College Station ISD deputy superintendent Mike Martindale, Bryan ISD superintendent Christie Whitbeck, and Bryan ISD school board members including board president Mark McCall.