2. A COMMON SENSE PERSPECTIVE:
CAPSS; CABE; CASBO; CAS; CSDE --
“Security Symposium”
National Presenters on “School Security
Readiness”
Formed an Ad-Hoc Committee (Not just BOE
members)
Police and Fire
Security Specialists
Technology
Buildings and Grounds
Administrators, Teachers, and Parents
3. A COMMON SENSE PERSPECTIVE:
We‟ve done our research
We‟ve come to understand concepts,
such as “line of sight,” “shatter-guard,”
and “sally-ports”
We‟ve come to recognize the difference
between „prevention‟ and „mitigation‟
THERE IS NOTHING ‘KNEE-JERK’ IN OUR PROPOSAL
4. A COMMON SENSE PERSPECTIVE:
Common Sense enhancements that
„mitigate‟ a potential situation
Security applications that have a multi-
use sensibility
Updates that are contemporary and take
advantage of technology
Steps other districts have already taken in
the past 6 – 10 years
THERE IS NOTHING ‘KNEE-JERK’ IN OUR PROPOSAL
5. A COMMON SENSE PERSPECTIVE:
BOE Facilities Director, collaboratively with
Police Department and Fire Department
Since 2006; most recent January 17, 2013
SWOT Analysis: Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities, and Threats (critical infrastructure
assessments)
Many recommendations -- „just out of reach‟
Out of Reach Within Reach
Surveillance cameras Classroom blinds
Classroom door lock-sets Velcro work-around
Improved ID system Sign-ins and lock-down drills
THERE IS NOTHING ‘KNEE-JERK’ IN OUR PROPOSAL
6. PREVENTION
Yes, in
KEY Things to Do Now: process
Not yet
• Positive Behavior Intervention
• Bullying Prevention
• SAFE Schools Climate Plans
• Mandated Teacher Reporting
• Develop close Teacher/Student
relationships in which students feel
free to report to adults
TO THE ABOVE:
ADD A FULL-TIME SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER
7. MITIGATION
This is where basic principles collide
By design:
While we may wish it was different:
Our schools have become the centers of our community.
There‟s no such thing as a risk-free environment… anywhere.
8. MITIGATION
The environment we create for our children is their 3rd teacher
Classroom teacher = #1
Peer relationships = #2
School environment = #3
1960‟s: “The world is 2013: “The world is creative,
orderly, structured, disciplined collaborative, tech-y, etc…”
, etc…”
9. MITIGATION
The environment we create for our children is their 3rd teacher
Classroom teacher = #1
Peer relationships = #2
School environment = #3
2013: “The world is a dangerous, fearful place?”
10. MITIGATION
GOAL: MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF ACTS THAT COULD OCCUR.
9 Things to Do Now: Yes, in
process
Not yet
• Review and enforce traffic patterns and parking rules
(separate entrances)
• Review building sight-lines and remove obstructions;
(trees above 7’; bushes below 3’)
• Review exterior exits and pathways
• Review keying and door security
• Review the conditions of windows and blinds
• Review the mass communications systems
• Review all policies and procedures with first
responders
• Make building and site plans available to first
responders
• Develop a collaborative relationship with first
responders
11. Six Priorities
1 Prevention Measure
5 Mitigation Measures
All are well thought-out and sensible
Most are already in place in other school districts
Most have additional benefits
All take advantage of up-to-date technologies
All are based in expert advice
All have rough estimates, based on actual site visits
All are supported by specific drawings of locations and
installations
Approximate „Soft‟ Estimate: $730,000
12. Prevention: School Resource
Officer
Assign a trained School Resource
Officer to the schools, full-time,
rotating
Rationale:
Both a prevention and a mitigation measure
Unscheduled, unannounced presence throughout the
schools on a daily basis
Work with students on contemporary issues: bullying,
communications media, substances, decision-making
13. Mitigation: „Rapid Call‟ Buttons
Install „Rapid Call‟ Buttons at all four
schools
Rationale:
Out-dated announcement systems
Evidence shows “moments matter.”
Mass notification system: 1-step push-of-a-button to
make both a pre-recorded loud speaker announcement
and a 911 call simultaneously
Automatically release the fire-doors
Approximate Cost: all four schools = $29,000
14. Mitigation: ID Badge Entry System
Install ID Card readers to open locked
entryway doors on color-coded lanyards;
changing exterior doors
Rationale:
Doors locked at all times
Teachers and staff always recognizable to children as people
who can help
Teachers and staff recognizable to police
„Familiar‟ system used at many companies; parents
recognize it
Approximate Cost: w/panic button, all four schools = $150,000
15. Mitigation: Classroom Door Locks
Change locksets on all classroom doors;
auto-lock from hallway
Rationale:
Classroom doors would be locked at all times
Eliminates „operator error.‟
All the locksets at one building would be keyed together;
no matter where you were, you can access a secure
classroom.
Classroom doors locked when room is empty; secures
students‟ belongings
Approximate Cost: $97,000 ($150 per lock-set, installed)
16. Mitigation: Video Surveillance
Install cameras at entrances, playgrounds,
in offices, in common areas, down
hallways
Rationale:
From multiple computers, can monitor schools in real-time
Can review recordings after an incident occurs
Can preserve recording for future needs
Useful for acts of vandalism; a child gone missing, the
cause of a accident
Approximate Cost: $430,000 (exterior, interior, plus fiber optics)
17. Mitigation: Sally-ports or security
windows
Adding a level of security at the
entrances to the schools
A „sally-port‟ vestibule or a „security window‟
In combination with a monitor and shatter-guard
Rationale:
„Minutes matter;‟ cannot prevent, but can possibly
mitigate
Monitoring is not a secretarial function; before school/
after school
Change in visitor traffic pattern
Approximate Cost: $100,000
18.
19. Collaboratively, the BOE is also
requesting…
• Support for the Police Department‟s
„Wireless Backhaul System‟ request
(needed for surveillance cameras) --
$125,000
• Support for the Police Department‟s
personnel request to accommodate a
full-time SRO in the schools -- TBD
20. School Security Ad-Hoc Committee
• Debra Marino - BOE • Officer John Aquino – PD
• Jeff Cap - BOE • Asst. Chief Anthony Cuozzo – PD
• William Kraut - BOE • Lt. Andy Steinbrick -- PD
• Keith Marquis - BOE • Police Chief Robert Gagne -- PD
• Robert Ricciardi -- BOE • Fire Marshall Tim Smith -- FD
• Mike Luzzi -- CO • Fire Chief Charles Gagel -- FD
• Colleen Murray – CO / Admin • Kai Graves -- CO
• Mike Gray -- Admin • Kevin McNabola -- CO
• Eric Carbone -- Admin • Matthew Bruder – Tech Admin
• Lisa Kaplan -- Teacher • Steve Bergin -- Admin
• Cindy Figuly -- PTO President/Parent • Patricia Clark – 21st Century
• Denise Hart -- Teacher • Kristen Boken -- Teacher
• Rick Fontana -- Parent • Matt Stevens -- Teacher
• Sue Falvey -- Parent • Lynn McMullin -- Superintendent
• Stan Osowiecki -- Parent