Slides which highlight the Board of Education's request for support for its proposed security installations at the four elementary schools.

1. Orange Public Schools
School Security
January 28, 2013
School Security Initiatives
Request for Support

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

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