Safety & Security
Project Summary
Total Project Budget: $52.2 Million
Referendum Funds: $50.0 Million
Contracted to Date: $8.3 Million
The district’s master facility plan assessed safety and security at all district facilities. Critical security needs to be addressed at all district facilities include:
- Modernizing the front entrance to create a secure vestibule for credentialing all building visitors
- Improved exterior visibility through main entrance redesign and relocations as necessary
- Expanding use of security cameras
- Exterior door replacements
- Increasing the use of access controls and electronic door strikes for improved security
- Improving emergency communication tools, including new district-wide phone and radio systems, and replacement of public address systems at several facilities
All safety and security work is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2027.
To ensure the district has adequate space to implement new security protocols without impacting class sizes or the student experience, several small elementary building additions are also planned for the 2026 and 2027 project years.
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Brooks Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Clow Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Clow Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Cowlishaw Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Cowlishaw Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Cowlishaw Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Cowlishaw Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Cowlishaw Elementary - secure vestibule
Cowlishaw Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Fry Elementary - secure vestibule
Fry Elementary - secure vestibule
Gombert Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Gombert Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Gombert Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Gombert Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Longwood Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Longwood Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Longwood Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Longwood Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Longwood Elementary - secure vestibule construction
May Watts Elementary - secure vestibule construction
McCarty Elementary - secure vestibule construction
McCarty Elementary - secure vestibule construction
McCarty Elementary - secure vestibule construction
McCarty Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Spring Brook Elementary - secure vestibule construction
Secure Vestibule Summary and Floor Plan
Board Action
February 24, 2025
Approval of Project Authorization for Extended Construction Administration Services
February 24, 2025
Approval of Security Camera Server Upgrade at Three High Schools and Birkett Freshman Center
March 10, 2025
Approval Bids for Secure Vestibules at 11 Schools
May 19, 2025
Approval of Fire Alarm Control Panel Replacement at Five Schools