Mrs. Johnston said there are not. Safety and Security Issues and the Status of the Interim Security Audit Being Conducted by School Staff. Dr. Brooks discussed the procedures for the security audit. He noted that the division has hand-held detectors for use in reasonable suspicion cases. After listing various security measures taken by the school system, the superintendent briefly discussed drills, noting that the nature of a drill determines whether or not students are involved.
Students take part in fire drills, tornado and weather drills, and school-bus emergency drills.
The superintendent emphasized that the school division takes security very seriously. Mr. Furnival said he received a substantial number of negative comments about some previous drill procedures. He believes the process the division is following now is appropriate and should continue. Mr. Royster said concerns were more about inconsistency. He said the standard should apply across the school division.