consolidation<\/a> of other BCSO training.<\/p>\n\u201cIt will basically be cost-neutral,\u201d Sheriff Javier Salazar said. \u201cI believe we\u2019re saving a little money.\u201d<\/p>\n
The county will pay NEISD $6,500 a month for the building\u2019s use for the next five years, totaling $78,000.<\/p>\n
Northside ISD adds door alarms, officers and emergency manager<\/p>\n
Northside ISD is also making changes to campus security.<\/p>\n
One of the most noticeable additions is a system of door-monitoring alarms. If an exterior door is left open on a campus, a loud alarm sounds, triggering a warning to district police and the school’s front office.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can’t miss that audible alarm. It’s pretty loud,\u201d Northside ISD Police Chief Richard Palomo said.<\/p>\n
The alarms are not required by state law, but Palomo said they are installed at campuses across the district to reinforce the practice of keeping exterior doors closed and locked.<\/p>\n
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Northside ISD door monitoring alarms (Courtesy NISD)<\/p>\n
Northside ISD has also added new police officers as it works toward the state requirement of having at least one armed security officer at each campus.<\/p>\n
Palomo said recruiting has been going well, even as other law enforcement agencies face staffing challenges.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if you give me another couple years, I think we’ll have an officer at every campus, if not sooner,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The district is also putting more focus on mental and physical safety this year.<\/p>\n
That includes intensive training on youth mental health issues and the addition of a new emergency manager who will help oversee district security and training.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe’s gonna make sure our schools are hardened, and he’s also gonna be responsible for training,\u201d Palomo said.<\/p>\n
New state requirements expand school safety planning<\/p>\n
Texas is also expanding what school districts are expected to include in their emergency planning.<\/p>\n
New requirements call for districts’ multihazard emergency operations plans to include provisions addressing the safety of students, staff and spectators attending extracurricular activities.<\/p>\n
That means emergency planning must extend beyond the regular school day to events such as athletics and other after-school activities.<\/p>\n
The state is also strengthening its ability to intervene when districts do not meet school safety requirements.<\/p>\n
The Texas education commissioner can appoint a conservator if a school system fails to participate in required safety monitoring, assessments or audits, does not comply with school safety requirements, or fails to address problems identified through state oversight.<\/p>\n
For local districts, the changes add another layer to an already growing focus on prevention, preparation and response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"School districts across San Antonio are rolling out new safety and security measures this school year, while new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-412537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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