SCHOOL SAFETY UPDATES SUMMER 2018 Superintendent perintendent Bill - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

“Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.” John F. Kennedy SCHOOL SAFETY UPDATES – SUMMER 2018 Superintendent perintendent Bill ll Husfelt sfelt Bay y Di Distric trict t Schools hools

YOU HEAR ARMED GUARDS … WE SEE THIS! 1. Beginning in August, every school will have an armed, paid security officer. Our secondary schools are covered by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. Our elementary schools will be secured by members of our own police department run by Safety and Security Chief Mike Jones. 2. The mission and vision is SAFETY for all, but in our elementary schools, we want to build relationships first and make sure that all of our students know that school is a safe place. 3. We do have a few employees who completed the VERY RIGOROUS training program offered by the BCSO to become Aaron Feis Guardians. We won’t disclose who or where, but rest assured they are WELL TRAINED. 4. “See Something, Say Something” is so important to school safety and we depend upon, and appreciate, all members of our community who assist us in maintaining the safety of our students.

TODAY’S SAD REALITY CHECK

A NECESSARY CHANGE IN PRIORITIES … If you asked us a few years ago about our priorities, we would have said we strive to provide all students with a solid foundation, as many academic opportunities as possible, strong relationships with adult role models and to keep them safe. Today, if you asked us the same question, you would get a different answer. All of those things are still important but we have our minds on one single goal: SAFETY

MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ACT Permits a sheriff to establish a Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program.  The legislation allows school districts the decision to participate in the guardian program if it is available in their county.  A guardian must complete 132 hours of comprehensive firearm safety and proficiency training, pass a psychological evaluation,  pass drug tests and complete certified diversity training. The Guardian Program is named after Coach Aaron Feis, who lost his life protecting students during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The Guardian Program is completely voluntary for a sheriff to establish, for a school district to participate and for an individual to join. Individuals who exclusively perform classroom duties as classroom teachers are excluded from participating in a Coach Aaron  Feis Guardian Program. However, this limitation does not apply to classroom teachers of a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, a current service member or a current or former law enforcement officer. Creates the mental health assistance allocation to assist school districts in establishing or expanding  school-based mental health care.

WITH THAT IN MIND … Your School Board members recently voted to take out a $5 million loan that will allow us to “fast track” a five year “school hardening” plan. We hope to complete the projects in approximately 12-18 months as a result of the loan instead of the initial five year projection. Some safety projects are being funded by the loan while others are funded by proceeds from the half-cent sales tax which is up for renewal in August of this year. This is not a new tax, simply a renewal of an existing tax.

SO WHAT’S THE FIRST STEP? Early in June, Board members voted to spend more than $500,000 on “controlled access point” projects at Rutherford High School and Tyndall Elementary School to begin this rapid phase of construction and remodeling. A “controlled access point” project simply means remodeling the front office to ensure a single point of entry.

SCHOOL HARDENING REQUIRES CREATIVITY School Design teams We don’t want “hardening” has Security our schools to become a are working feel like prisons features are frequently-used to develop BUT we have buzzword and embedded innovative several campuses it’s changing the which were solutions to in all new way we design signed to be these projects. new OPEN and must questions. construction now be secured. and renovation.

WE DO HAVE SOME GREAT EXAMPLES ALREADY Lucille ille Mo Moor ore e El Elem emen entary tary Sc Scho hool ol

ADA ACCESSIBLE DOOR SYSTEMS ARE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT

VIEW FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT OFFICE OF LUCILLE MOORE

A GREAT EXAMPLE OF OUR CHALLENGES • Sitting beside major roads • Classrooms accessible to the outside • Front office is not secure

MOWAT SITS AT THE CORNER OF TWO MAJOR ROADS

MOWAT’S CURRENT FRONT ENTRANCE

A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF AN OPEN HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS

THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF J.R. ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL

J.R. ARNOLD STREET VIEW

J.R. ARNOLD FRONT ENTRANCE / OFFICE

WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW WON’T WORK Metal detectors Barbed wire fences around the perimeter Bullet-proof shelters in the classrooms

OTHER SCHOOLS THAT NEED SECURITY UPDATES/RENOVATIONS Merritt Brown Middle School (built in 1988) Tommy Smith Elementary School Patronis Elementary School Callaway Elementary School (new building to address expanding student population) Deane Bozeman School (new building to address expanding student population) For a full list of proposed half-cent sales tax projects please email BDScomm@bay.k12.fl.us

PROJECTS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR CHARTERS AS WELL Rising Leaders: Renovate cafeteria and restrooms. Palm Bay Elementary & Palm Bay Prep Academy: New kitchen and cafeteria with science rooms and restrooms. Palm Bay Elementary: New PE pavilion. University Academy: New structure for PE and adjacent sports fields. Bay Haven: Renovations and expansions to include lunchroom, kitchen, band and choir areas. Additional classroom and computer lab space also under consideration along with some new construction of facilities to support extra-curricular activities. North Bay Haven: Additional infrastructure improvements to support extra-curricular activities. Eventual acquisition of land for construction of a fine arts center.

MERRITT BROWN AERIAL VIEW • Safety-related front office renovations • Perimeter safety updates • Drainage issues Parking improvements •

MERRITT BROWN’S FRONT OFFICE IS NOT A SECURE ENTRANCE

TOMMY SMITH DRONE SHOT • Perimeter fencing Additional security • measures for after-school programs HVAC upgrades •

PERIMETER SECURITY AND NEEDED RENOVATIONS

PERIMETER SAFETY ISSUES TO FIX

WE HAVE AGING FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THAT NEED SOME RENOVATION/SERIOUS ATTENTION Classroom upgrades • • HVAC upgrades Corrosion issues • • New roof coating

THERE ARE LOTS OF AREAS LIKE THIS TO BE ADDRESSED

ARTIST’S RENDERING OF THE NEWLY -RENOVATED CALLAWAY

OTHER PROJECTS … DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOL

RENOVATIONS AT BAY HIGH SCHOOL Bay High will be the home of the new Barbara W. Nelson Fine Arts Center. Along with this construction project, we plan to completely renovate the administrative buildings to restore them to the vintage, red brick facade they originally had. We believe this will have a HUGE positive impact on the Harrison Avenue corridor. Bay High will also get a state-of-the-art STEM Building and a facelift to the existing quadrangle at the center of the campus.

ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING OF BAY HIGH SCHOOL’S ADMIN BUILDING AND FINE ARTS CENTER

VIEW FROM THE HARRISON AVENUE SIDE

THE HALF- CENT SALES TAX ALSO FUNDS … “It’s amazing to see the way that TECHNOLOGY: our kids have integrated the Chromebooks into their lives. You can see them before school, More than 6,000 Chromebooks have been purchased for our and after school, gathered together working on middle school students. Every 3-4 years these items must be assignments and so many of them have told upgraded/replaced. me that they are using the Chromebooks to communicate with their teachers outside of the school day. In my 24 years as a school administrator, the incorporation of the Chromebook as a learning tool is the one initiative that has changed the way students learn and teachers teach.” Britt Smith Principal, Jinks Middle School

A FEW MISCONCEPTIONS This is not a NEW Projects are not funded based on a popularity Half-cent sales tax money contest nor are they funded based on CANNOT be utilized for salaries, half- cent sales tax … favoritism. The Citizens Oversight Committee ensures expenditures are within the required additional personnel, textbooks or simply an continuation guidelines. Priority is given, of course, to safety classroom supplies. It CAN be used and security issues and to funding for technology, infrastructure, of an existing half-cent improvements that have district-wide impact construction, renovation and (such as the technology improvements made sales tax. during the early part of the current 10-year safety/security projects. cycle).