Most of the district s schools failed because their alarms have not received the annual certified inspections required by law. Many schools had inspection tags that were years old or never even had inspections other than when they were first installed. District officials claim they were unaware of the law that required the inspections. Repairs will be extra, although the district doesn t have an estimated cost. Harter said that just because a fire alarm has problems, doesn t mean it s totally non-functional.
Principals do fire drills monthly.
When noticeable problems arise, the district has them fixed, he said. Children in school are still in the safest place they can be, Harter said. We are out to have 100 percent totally functioning systems and that is where we missed something.