Jul 21, 2021 Board of Trustees Safety and Security Meeting

THIS IS THE

[I. Call to Order and Determination of Quorum]

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THIS IS THE WEDNESDAY, JULY 21ST, 2021 MEETING OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE MEETING.

I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.

WE DO HAVE A VENUE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MECHELLE, DO WE HAVE ANY CARD OR ANY SPEAKERS HERE TODAY? NO SIR. OK, WE HAVE NOBODY PRESENT WISHING TO MAKE COMMENT.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.

[II. Welcome and Introductions – Pat Lamb]

THANK YOU, SIR, AND MR. MILLER MR. MS. STANLEY, NICE TO MEET YOU, DR.

LOPEZ, AND MEMBERS OF OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE, YOU CAME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ISN'T IT WONDERFUL NOT TO HAVE TO DO IT VIRTUALLY, AND YOU GOT TO COME.

AND FOR SOME OF YOU, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A LONG TIME, AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT VERY MUCH.

THIS IS OUR SECOND MEETING OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37.109 IT SAYS WE HAVE TO MEET THREE TIMES A YEAR.

SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN OCTOBER.

AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT.

DR. GARRETT APOLOGIZED FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY.

SHE'S HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY.

BUT TO BE SURE, OUR COMMITTEE APPRECIATES HER LEADERSHIP IN THIS EFFORT.

AND SHE'S MISSED TODAY.

THE FOCUS OF TODAY'S MEETING.

[IV. Recommended Emergency Drills and Exercises for 2021-22 – Mark Quinn]

AND AFTER TODAY, WE'LL SEND THAT EMAIL OUT TO ALL THE MEMBERS SO YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AGAIN.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS DURING ANY OF THIS TODAY, PLEASE BE SURE TO ASK.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE FOR YOU TODAY AS WELL.

LEADING THE EFFORT IN THIS DISCUSSION IS OUR COORDINATOR FOR SECURITY OPERATIONS, MARK QUINN. MARK.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE BRIEF OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR TENTATIVE DRILL SCHEDULE.

I WILL TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT WE DO ON DRILLS, AND THEN I'LL SHOW YOU EXACTLY THE BREAKDOWN OF THE DRILLS THAT WE WILL DO IN SCHOOL AND DRILLS WE WILL DO AT OUR AUXILIARY BUILDINGS. SORRY.

SO THE BREAKDOWN THAT WE HAVE ON DRILLS, THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL, VIDEO REVIEW, THAT IS A VIDEO THAT WE WILL SHOW ALL STAFF MEMBERS IN THE WEEK OF IN-SERVICE BETWEEN JULY 26TH AND 30TH.

WE WILL FOLLOW THAT UP A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON IN THE YEAR WITH A FACE TO FACE, STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL TRAINING.

THAT'S WHERE OUR SECURITY OFFICERS GO.

WE SIT DOWN, WE ACTUALLY TRAIN THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL TO ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS.

WE WILL FOLLOW THAT UP A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE YEAR WITH WHAT WE CALL TABLETOP EXERCISES, A STANDARD RESPONSE PROGRAM, TABLETOP EXERCISES.

THAT'S WHERE OUR OFFICERS WILL GO BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS.

WE WILL KIND OF GIVE SCENARIOS TO THE STAFF.

WE WOULD SOLICIT RESPONSES ON WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS THE PROPER RESPONSE TO EACH SCENARIO THAT WE KIND OF THROW OUT THERE TO THEM THEN.

SO ALL OF THOSE ARE COVERED IN STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL.

SORRY, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE SECURE DRILLS, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT REMEMBER, THE I LOVE YOU GUYS FOUNDATION RECENTLY CHANGED THE WORDING OF A SECURE DRILL.

THEY USED TO CALL IT A LOCKOUT, BUT THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION WITH LOCKOUT AND LOCKDOWN DRILLS. SO THEY'VE CHANGED THE WORDING TO SECURE DRILLS.

SO A SECURE DRILL IS BASICALLY IF YOU HAVE AN INCIDENT INVOLVING SOMETHING OUTSIDE THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF A SCHOOL WE WILL LOCK THE DOORS.

NO ONE COMES IN OR OUT.

SCHOOL BUSINESS CONTINUES AS USUAL WHILE THE POLICE OR WHOEVER IS TAKING CARE OF ISSUES ON THE OUTSIDE, THAT IS A SECURE AS OPPOSED TO A LOCKDOWN DRILL.

WE ALSO HAVE FOUR OF THOSE PER SCHOOL YEAR.

LOCKDOWN IS WE HAVE AN INCIDENT IN THE SCHOOL.

WE HAVE AN IMMINENT PROBLEM IN THE SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

AND THAT IS YOUR LOCKS.

LIGHTS OUT OF SIGHT LOCK THE DOORS, TURN OFF THE LIGHTS, PUT THE KIDS ON A BLIND WALL AND WAIT FOR THE POLICE TO RESPOND.

WE HAVE A RELOCATION DRILL.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A DISCUSSION WITH THE STAFF SO THAT WE WOULD DISCUSS HOW TO RELOCATE FROM THAT BUILDING, TAKE THE STAFF, TAKE THE STUDENTS TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION IN CASE ANY KIND OF INCIDENT AROSE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO RELOCATE FROM THAT SCHOOL BUILDING.

WE HAD A SHELTER FOR HAZMAT.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE HAVE SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE CLOSE TO RAILROAD TRACKS.

WE HAVE THE ISSUE WHERE IF WE HAVE A CHEMICAL SPILL, A RAILROAD ACCIDENT WITH SOME KIND OF HAZMAT, WE DISCUSS ALSO WITH THE STAFF HOW TO ADDRESS THAT SCHOOL, HOW TO TAKE ISSUE WITH EACH ROOM IN THAT CLASSROOM, HOW TO SEAL IT OFF, SHUT OFF THE AIR CONDITIONING, THAT

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WE HAVE A HOLD DRILL, WHICH IF YOU HAVE AN INCIDENT IN A HALLWAY, SO YOU HAVE AN INJURED CHILD, YOU HAVE A SICK TEACHER, SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE HALLWAYS WHERE YOU NEED TO KEEP THOSE HALLWAYS CLEAR.

WE WOULD JUST HOLD THAT BUILDING KIDS WOULD NOT DO A CLASS CHANGE UNTIL THAT INCIDENT IN THE HALLWAY HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE YOUR FIRE RELOCATION DRILL, WHICH WE HAVE A FIRE DRILL EVERY MONTH IN WHICH THERE ARE TEN OR MORE INSTRUCTION DAYS.

AND THAT FIRST DRILL HAS TO BE NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF INSTRUCTION. SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE ACTUAL LIST OF DRILLS THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR THE SCHOOLS.

THE DATE THAT YOU'LL SEE TO THE LEFT, IS THE DATE THAT THOSE DRILLS NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY. SO IF THEY WANT TO GET THOSE DONE BEFORE, YES.

IN THAT MONTH, THEY CAN GET THEM DONE BEFORE.

BUT THEY NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY THAT MONTH SO THAT WE HAVE ALL OUR STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL ISSUES WE HAVE ALL OUR DRILLS LISTED OUT BY DATE.

AND THIS SLIDE IS ACTUALLY FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

WE ALSO HAVE DRILLS THAT WE RUN FOR OUR AUXILIARY BUILDINGS.

AGAIN, THOSE DATES TO THE LEFT ARE THE DATES THAT THOSE DRILLS NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY LOCKDOWN DRILLS, WEATHER DRILLS AND FIRE EVACUATION DRILLS ARE ALL RUN ON AUXILIARY BUILDINGS ALSO. AND THAT IS IT.

DO I HAVE QUESTIONS, CAN I DISCUSS ANYTHING FURTHER? WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. GLICK. YES, SIR.

FOR OUR SCHOOLS, WHAT IS THE PROXIMITY TO RAILROAD TRACKS THAT YOU CONSIDER THE HAZMAT.

A THOUSAND FEET.

EDUCATION CODE YEAH, MICROPHONE.

THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37108 TALKS ABOUT A THOUSAND YARDS.

IF A SCHOOL IS WITHIN A THOUSAND YARDS.

YARDS OR FEET? A THOUSAND FEET OF THE TRACKS.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN PROTOCOL.

AND THAT CERTAIN PROTOCOL IS IN OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE INTERNET UNDER THE SECURITY WEBSITE.

AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE SCHOOL, NOT THE BUILDING.

IT'S THE BOUNDARY OF THE SCHOOL.

SO DO YOU HAVE A LISTING ABOUT HOW MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS MEET THAT CRITERIA? WE'VE LOOKED AT IT. I DON'T RECALL IT OFF THE TOP, BUT I'LL GET THAT LISTING TO YOU AND TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

AND WE HAVE ALSO MET WITH THE CITY ABOUT THAT VERY THING.

AND SO THAT'S MISTIE GARDNER.

MISTIE'S NOT HERE TODAY. SHE'S THE EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR GARLAND.

AND WE'LL READDRESS IT WITH HER.

THE OTHER QUESTION I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ALL THE FIRE DRILLS SOME TIME AGO.

I WAS AT ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS MEETING WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND IN WALKED THIS WAS ONE OF THE GARLAND SCHOOLS, CITY OF GARLAND SCHOOLS IN WALKED FIRE CAPTAIN.

AND HE SAID, WE'RE ABOUT TO DO A TEST.

THAT'S NOT THE FIRE DRILLS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND THEY IMMEDIATELY HAD TO EVACUATE THE SCHOOL.

AND THEY HAD A STOPWATCH TO TIME IT.

SO HOW OFTEN DO THOSE OCCUR? THAT'S NOT OUR SCHEDULED DRILLS.

IT'S THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MAKES THAT CALL AND IT'S UNKNOWN WHEN THEY'RE COMING.

THIS IS LIEUTENANT ESTES WITH THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

AGAIN I'M JOE ESTES WITH THE GARLAND FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.

SO THOSE DRILLS WE DO ONCE A YEAR, USUALLY IN OCTOBER AS PART OF FIRE PREVENTION MONTH AND OUR LOCAL FIRE CREWS WILL GO OUT TO THE SCHOOLS IN THEIR DISTRICT AND HAVE THE UNEXPECTED DRILL, AND THEY'LL TIME THEM AND OBSERVE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS OUT SAFELY. AND LIKE I SAID THAT'S JUST A ONCE A YEAR THING.

AND THE RESULTS OF THAT GET BACK TO PAT.

YES, I'M ASSUMING THEY DO THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL AND UP THROUGH THAT.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY DO.

I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF STRESS AND THE PRINCIPAL WANTING TO HAVE IT UNDER A CERTAIN TIME, AS YOU COULD WATCH THE STOPWATCH GO ROUND.

AND I THINK IT WAS LIKE SEVENTY SOMETHING SECONDS.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY FAST. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. THEY WERE VERY PROUD.

ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THANK YOU.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT AND YOU KNOW THIS IS WE TALK ABOUT THE FOUR PRINCIPLES OF SECURITY. ONE IS POSITIVELY ENGAGE ALL VISITORS TO THE CAMPUS.

IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY ON THE CAMPUS AND THEY DON'T HAVE A DISTRICT I.D., THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT RAPTOR ID IF THEY DON'T TAKE THEM TO THE OFFICE.

NUMBER TWO, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT, FEEL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW WHAT? IT JUST AIN'T RIGHT.

YOU SOUND THE ALARM.

EVERYBODY IN OUR DISTRICTS ENTITLED TO SOUND THE ALARM, EVEN TO PUT THE SCHOOL INTO LOCKDOWN. GONE ARE THE DAYS WHERE I MIGHT SAY CALL THE FRONT OFFICE.

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I NEED TO TALK TO THE PRINCIPAL.

I'VE GOT AN ISSUE. I SAW SOMEBODY OUTSIDE.

I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT IT.

SO NOW IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING.

NUMBER THREE, WE TEACH WITH ALL CLASSROOM DOORS LOCKED.

BY LONG EXPERIENCE WE KNOW THAT KIDS ARE SAFE IN A CLASSROOM WITH THE DOOR LOCKED.

AND THE NUMBER 4 WE RESPOND TO THE GREATER THREAT, WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH SOME ACTUAL EVENTS, LET'S SAY WE'RE IN A LOCKDOWN.

WE GO INTO LOCKDOWN BECAUSE THERE'S AN IMMINENT LIFE SAFETY THREAT IN THE SCHOOL.

AND THEN LO AND BEHOLD, THE FIRE ALARM SOUNDS.

WHAT DO WE DO? WELL, UNLESS THERE'S FIRE IN THAT CLASSROOM, YOU STAY PUT BECAUSE YOU GOT TO RESPOND TO THE GREATER THREAT.

THE OTHER THING WE LOOK AT IS TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37.114 NOW MANDATES CERTAIN DRILLS.

WE GO FAR AND ABOVE THAT MANDATE.

AND LASTLY, I SAY THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL IS THAT PROTOCOL THAT IS PUSHED OUT BY THE GOVERNOR. HE DID THAT IN 2018.

WE'VE BEEN USING THIS SINCE 2015 AND WE'VE BEEN AT 100 PERCENT SUCCESS RATE FOR ALL DRILLS AND EXERCISES IN GARLAND ISD, WHICH SPEAKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS DISTRICT.

YOU ALWAYS KNOW HOW A DISTRICT, HOW THE LEADERSHIP CONSIDERS SECURITY BY THE EMPHASIS THAT'S PLACED ON SECURITY.

AND SO TO DR. LOPEZ AND THE SENIOR STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK, MARK, THANKS VERY MUCH.

WE JUST GOT TO GET CLOSE TO THE MIKE, NO.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A YEAR IN REVIEW FOR BOTH OUR SYSTEMS SIDE AND OUR OPERATIONS

[V. Year in Review for Security Systems – Michael Pierce]

MIKE IS THE LEAD, BUT KEITH CHAPMAN LEFT THE DISTRICT.

AND SO MIKE HAS BEEN PROMOTED UP TO INTERIM FOR NOW.

AND SO, MIKE, COME ON UP. TELL US ABOUT YOUR TEAM AND THE GREAT WORK YOU'VE DONE THIS PAST YEAR. GOOD MORNING, SAFETY AND SECURITY MEMBERS TO OUR GUESTS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YEAR IN REVIEW AS SEEN BY THE SECURITY SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT.

LET'S START.

MIKE WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE TEAM SINCE IT'S THE FIRST SPEAKERS]. MY NAME IS MICHAEL PIERCE.

TELL THEM ABOUT YOUR HISTORY.

JUST GET TO KNOW YOU A LITTLE BIT, OK? MY NAME IS MICHAEL PIERCE I'VE BEEN IN THE FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY INDUSTRY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. FIRE ALARM, FIRE SPRINKLER AND FIRE LINE BACK FLOWS.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT APPROXIMATELY EIGHT YEARS, AND I LOVE BEING HERE.

FAIR ENOUGH. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] OK, LET'S START WITH FEBRUARY THE 16TH.

OUR TEAM ARRIVED APPROXIMATELY 8 A.M., FEBRUARY 16TH.

RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES IN DFW WAS AT NEGATIVE TWO DEGREES.

WE ARRIVED JUST HOPING FOR THE BEST, JUST WANTING TO BE HERE JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENED. AND INDEED IT DID.

OLD MAN WINTER STARTED BEARING DOWN.

FAST FORWARD TO 11:00 P.M.

GET A PHONE CALL.

FIRE ALARM, NORTH GARLAND WATER FLOW.

WHEN WE HEAR WATER FLOW, WE THINK THERE'S WATER FLOWING INSIDE THE BUILDING SOMEWHERE.

SO AT A SNAIL'S PACE I'M 911 TO NORTH GARLAND.

I GET TO NORTH GARLAND FIND OUT THAT THE ISSUE IS IN THE BASEMENT.

BIG RELIEF BECAUSE I KNOW THE BASEMENT IS A CONCRETE FLOOR AND THERE'S A LARGE FLOOR DRAIN. SO AFTER WE ASSESS THE DAMAGE, WE ARE NOTATING PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR.

PHONE RINGS AGAIN, FIRE ALARM, PDC WATER FLOW.

AND THIS IS WHAT I SEE WHEN I ARRIVED AT PDC.

WATER FLOW? THAT'S NOT GOOD.

WELL, THAT'S NOT GOOD BECAUSE I HAD TO WALK THROUGH THAT WATER FLOW TO GET TO THE SYSTEM, TO TURN OFF THE CONTROL VALVE.

[LAUGHTER] SO PRIOR TO THIS, WE PUT TOGETHER A THINK TANK OF TEAM MEMBERS, OUR VENDORS, AND REACHED OUT TO OUR TRI-CITY PARTNERS AND FIRE PROTECTION AND TRIED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN OF ATTACK BECAUSE WE KNEW THE IMPENDING STORM WAS UNUSUAL, NOT NORMAL FOR TEXAS.

YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF FOUR TO FIVE DIFFERENT FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN OUR DISTRICT ARE THE WET SPRINKLER TYPE, MEANING THE PIPING CONTAINS WATER AT ALL TIMES UNDER PRESSURE.

AND THE CODE REQUIRES THAT THE FACILITIES THAT HOUSE THESE WET SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, THAT

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BUT THAT'S CONSIDERING A NORMAL TEXAS WINTER, NOT NEGATIVE TWO DEGREES.

SO THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DRAIN ALL OF OUR SYSTEM, DRAIN THE WATER FROM ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS IN HOPE OF MINIMIZING ANY DAMAGE.

WE SET OUT THAT SATURDAY EVENING IN AN EFFORT TO DRAIN ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS. THAT PROVED BENEFICIAL AS OVER HALF OF OUR SYSTEMS WERE NOT AFFECTED.

AFTER THE STORM, WE BEGAN REPAIR.

THE DECISION WAS MADE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T VISUALLY SEE ABOVE THE CEILING EVERY INCH OF THE PIPING. WE DECIDED TO ADD AIR TAPS AND WE BROUGHT IN LARGER COMPRESSORS, AIRED THE SYSTEMS UP AND LET THEM SIT UNDER PRESSURE FOR 12 TO 24 HOURS.

SO INSTEAD OF APPLYING WATER, IF YOU HAVE A PIPING SYSTEM WITH A HOLE IN IT, YOU APPLY WATER, YOU'RE GOING TO GET WATER OUT WHEREVER THAT FAILURE IN THE SYSTEM IS.

SO WE DECIDED TO PUT AIR UNDER PRESSURE ON THESE SYSTEMS FOR 12 TO 24 HOURS AND COME BACK. IF THE SYSTEM HELD PRESSURE, WE WERE GOOD.

WE REFILLED IT WITH WATER, SET THE SYSTEM BACK UP TO NORMAL.

IF THE SYSTEM DIDN'T HOLD PRESSURE, THEN WE KNEW THERE WAS AN ISSUE AND WE WENT OUT AND REPAIRED AND THEN WE REFILLED THE SYSTEMS. WE SAVED A LOT OF MONEY BY DRAINING THE SYSTEMS TO PREVENT THE DAMAGE.

AND IF WE FACE ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE AIR TAPS THAT WE INSTALLED, THEY ARE STILL IN PLACE.

SO THAT WOULD SAVE APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IF WE SHOULD EVER FACE ANOTHER WINTER LIKE THAT IN THE REPAIR COSTS.

OK, NOW THAT'S NOT A NORMAL PRACTICE OF DRAINING SYSTEM.

THAT'S NOT A NORMAL PRACTICE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FELT LIKE WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE DISTRICT TO MINIMIZE ANY SYSTEM DAMAGES AND WATER DAMAGES IN THE BUILDINGS.

OK. OK, NOW MOVING FORWARD, WE BEGAN THE MDI ON THE GALAXY SYSTEM.

THOSE ARE THE SYSTEMS THAT CONTROL THEY ARE OUR SECURITY SYSTEMS THAT CONTROL OUR CARD ACCESS AND OUR CC TELEVISIONS, OUR MOTION DETECTORS, ALL THINGS SECURITY RELATED HARDWARE WISE.

WE BEGAN LAST SUMMER TRANSFERRING OR CONVERTING FROM THE MDI SYSTEMS TO THE GALAXY SYSTEMS. THE PLAN IS BY FRIDAY TO HAVE COMPLETED OUR VERY LAST CONVERSION, AND THAT'S AT OUR TECHNOLOGY BUILDING.

WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ON THE LEFT IS THE MDI SYSTEM AT CURTIS CULWELL AND ON THE RIGHT IS AFTER COMPLETION AND CONVERSION TO THE GALAXY SYSTEM.

THIS SYSTEM IT GIVES US BETTER CONTROL AT THE HEAD END WHEN DEALING WITH OUR SECURITY SYSTEMS, FROM OUR DISPATCH CENTER TO THE CAMPUS.

WE SET OUT AND WE DID AN AUDIT MIDWAY THROUGH THIS CONVERSION.

AND WE WENT AND VISITED EACH CAMPUS TO IDENTIFY ANY ISSUES IN THE FIELD COMPONENTS.

AND WE HAVE A REPORT BACK AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH CORRECTING MOST OF THOSE ISSUES.

WE ALSO BEGAN IN MARCH DOING OUR OWN IN-HOUSE FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTIONS.

WE HAVE 105 FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS, 211 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND 133 FIRE LINE BACKFLOW SYSTEMS. WE HAVE 6 LICENSED TECHS AND ONE VACANT OPENING.

AND THESE GENTLEMEN HAVE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY PERFORMING MY ANNUAL INSPECTIONS.

THEY NOT ONLY PERFORM THE INSPECTIONS, BUT AFTER THE INSPECTIONS, ANY ISSUES FOUND, THEY MAKE THE REPAIRS. AND WE SAVE A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE LICENSED TECHNICIANS WITH EXPERIENCE THAT ARE CAPABLE OF DOING SO.

AND BY DOING THAT, BRINGING THE INSPECTIONS IN-HOUSE, WE SAVED 100,000 DOLLARS.

ALSO, WE STARTED AES RADIO INSTALLATION.

RIGHT NOW MOST OF OUR FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS COMMUNICATE THROUGH OUR GALAXY SYSTEM AS WELL AS THROUGH COPPER PHONE LINES WHERE WE JUST STARTED INSTALLING THESE AES RADIOS, THEIR WIRELESS COMMUNICATOR, WHICH COMMUNICATE SPECIFIC ALARM DATA BACK TO OUR DISPATCH CENTER . RIGHT NOW IF WE GET A FIRE ALARM FROM HARRIS HILL, THE DATA TRANSMITTED TO OUR DISPATCH CENTER WILL SAY FIRE ALARM HARRIS HILL.

WITH THIS AES RADIO, WE WILL GET A SPECIFIC ALARM DATA THAT THAT READS FIRE ALARM HARRIS HILL SECOND FLOOR ELECTRICAL ROOM AT ROOM 230.

SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 68 INSTALLED ABOUT SIX ONLINE RIGHT NOW.

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THE FIRST 26 WE PLAN ON HAVING ONLINE BY AUGUST THE SECOND AND THE MONEY SAVED FROM TURNING THE OLD PHONE LINES OFF.

THAT FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE SAVED BY DOING THAT WILL FUND THE NEXT 26 RADIOS THAT WE INSTALL AND BRING ONLINE.

ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE JUST REAL QUICK, IN AN INSTANCE WHERE THERE IS A MALFUNCTION OR WATER LEAK OR SO FORTH, IS A SYSTEM, IS SOMEBODY AT THE CAMPUS FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO DEACTIVATE OR IF THAT'S A PROPER WORD, OR DO WE HAVE TO SEND PEOPLE OUT TO HANDLE THE EQUIPMENT? WE SEND PEOPLE OUT.

BY CODE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE TO WORK ON OUR FIRE SPRINKLER OUR BACK FLOWS AND OUR ALARM SYSTEMS. SO WE NOW A LEAK, NORMALLY THEY IDENTIFY THE LEAK AND WE'LL SEND SOMEBODY OUT TO VERIFY IF IT'S INDEED SPRINKLER OR HVAC.

BUT IF IT IS A SPRINKLER, WE HAVE TO SEND SOMEBODY OUT.

OK, AND I GUESS WE HAVE A HOTLINE OR WHATEVER.

AVAILABLE TO GET ON IMMEDIATELY TO CONTROL DAMAGE, WATER DAMAGE, ET CETERA.

RIGHT. WITHIN THE CAMPUS.

RIGHT. AND OUR SECURITY OFFICERS THEY'RE NORMALLY THE FIRST ON THE SCENE AND THEY ARE TRAINED THAT SHOULD THEY SEE AN EXTENSIVE WATER LEAK, THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO TO CLOSE THE CONTROL VALVE TO PREVENT WATER FROM FLOWING.

GOOD THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. GOOD TO MEET YOU.

WE HAD ONE MORE QUESTION.

I'M SORRY. PLEASE. SORRY.

PLEASE. MS. STANLEY. YES, MA'AM.

WHEN WILL YOU BE COMPLETE WITH OUR AES RADIO TRANSMISSION? IS THIS LIKE A YEAR TWO YEAR.

WE JUST STARTED THIS SUMMER.

WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE SYSTEMS, THEY HAVE 68 INSTALLED.

AND ONE OF THE ISSUES RIGHT NOW THEY NEED A CERTAIN SIGNAL STRENGTH.

SO THEY GO OUT AND THEY TEST IT.

THE SIGNAL STRENGTH IS GOOD.

AND THEN WHEN THEY GET THE SYSTEM INSTALLED, MAYBE IT DROPPED A LEVEL OF STRENGTH.

SO RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE WORKING TO GET THE HIGHEST SIGNAL STRENGTH.

NOW I'M PUSHING TO GET THE FIRST 68 ONLINE BY AUGUST THE SECOND THEY'RE TELLING ME THEY CAN DO IT. SO IF WE CAN GET SIXTY EIGHT INSTALLED BY AUGUST THE 2ND, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE SHOULD BE COMPLETE AS WE ONLY HAVE 105.

SO. AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS I HOPE YOU SEE IS THAT MIKE AND HIS TEAM ARE ALL ABOUT MAKING US MORE EFFECTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE THROUGH SAVING MONEY AND IMPROVING THE PRODUCT.

I KNOW MANY, MANY DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN LICENSED TECHS LIKE THIS, AND SO THEY HAVE TO CONTRACT IT OUT.

AND ALL DUE RESPECT AND APPRECIATION TO OUR VENDORS, THEY GET PAID WHETHER OR NOT THEY COME AND HELP US AND WE HAVE TO WAIT ON THEM.

NOW IF THERE'S AN ISSUE MR. MILLER OR SOMEONE CALLS OUR SECURITY DISPATCHERS 24 HOURS, THEY CONTACT ON CALL STAFF AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO COME OUT. WE APPRECIATE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR SUPPORTING US IN OUR EFFORT TO HAVE OUR OWN LICENSED TECHS.

THANKS VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

[VI. Year in Review for Security Operations – Shauntell Moore]

AREN'T YOU SHAUNTELL. COME ON UP HERE.

GOOD MORNING. MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COMMITTEE, I'M SHAUNTELL MOORE.

EVERYBODY AROUND THE DISTRICT CALLED ME MOE.

I'M SECURITY LEAD OF OPERATIONS.

I'VE BEEN IN SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR SCHOOLS FOR 18 YEARS.

VERY PROUD TO BE A SECURITY MEMBER.

THIS IS MY PASSION PUBLIC SERVICE IS WHO I AM.

SO NOW I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO TALK ABOUT THE GISD SECURITY ELITE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO START OUT BY SAYING THIS YEAR WE HAVE ALREADY CONDUCTED 30 AUDITS AND WE KNOW THAT WE POST AN AUDIT EVERY CAMPUS ONCE IN A THREE YEAR CYCLE.

SO THE SECURITY TEAM HAS ALREADY COMPLETED THREE OF THOSE.

BUT ALSO WE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY CONSTABLE OFFICE THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THEM TO COME ON BOARD.

AND THEY CONDUCTED FIVE FOR US.

AND THAT'S A REAL BIG TO BRING AN OUTSIDE POLICE AGENCY TO COME IN AND ASSIST US AND HELP US. THIS YEAR, WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF ASSISTING THE CAMPUSES AGAIN WITH THE COA PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR CAMPUS AUXILIARY PROGRAM.

WE WAS ABLE TO ASSIST AT SCHRADE AND WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE OFFICERS THERE GENERATED THREE HUNDRED AND SIX REPORTS IN JUST THOSE SMALL THREE MONTHS.

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WE WAS ABLE TO GET ON THAT KID LEVEL AND TALK TO THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ISSUE WAS.

AND WE ALSO HELPED THE STAFF AND STUDENTS WITH TRAINING.

WE DID ARRIVAL'S DISMISSALS MAJOR SCHOOLS DISRUPTION, AND WE KNOW THAT IS THAT'S WHEN THE KIDS WANT TO GET PHYSICAL.

WE DID DRILLS, INTERIOR EXTERIOR PATROLS.

AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR LUNCH DUTY AND DRESS CODE VIOLATIONS.

BUT THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS WE ASSIST WITH.

WHILE WE ARE ON THE CAMPUS WE CONSIDER OURSELVES EDUCATORS.

WE KNOW THE EDUCATION IS FIRST PRIORITY, BUT WE KNOW YOU CAN'T EDUCATE WITHOUT BEING SAFE. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUR PART TO ASSIST THE STAFF WHILE WE'RE THERE.

ALSO, DEPARTMENT TRAINING, WE ARE SO THANKFUL AND PLEASED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET TRAINING FROM THE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING DEPARTMENT AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK TIFFANY AND LISA OLSEN AND THEIR TEAM FOR HELPING US OUT WITH THAT.

AND WE WANT TO SEND A SHOUT OUT TO DR.

GUILLORY AT PAC BECAUSE HE HELPED US HANDLE WITH CARE TRAINING BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR KIDS NO LONGER AT PAC.

WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO GENERAL POPULATION, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE ARE READY TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY WE CAN WITH THEIR NEEDS ON THOSE CAMPUSES.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THOSE TRAININGS IT'S A LOT OF DETAIL IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND IT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

WE PROBABLY DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT THOSE KIDS FACE EVERY DAY.

SO THOSE TRAINING WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR THE SECURITY TEAM BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY WE CAN.

WE HAD A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH JOSH ELLIS IN THE H1 CANINE UNIT THIS YEAR DURING THIS UNPRECEDENTED YEAR. THEY WERE STILL ABLE TO CONDUCT 229 SEARCHES THAT'S PARKING LOTS THAT'S INSIDE THE SCHOOLS, ASSIST IN SECURITY WITH RANDOM SEARCHES IN WHICH WE CONDUCTED 87 OF THOSE THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH JOSH.

HE HAS SOME PROFESSIONAL DOGS.

WHEN I TELL YOU THOSE DOGS ARE AWESOME, THOSE DOGS ARE AWESOME.

ANY MEMBER OF THE SECURITY TEAM WILL TELL YOU THAT.

SO WE'RE THANKFUL. AND WE ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO CLIFF ODENWALD.

WE KNOW HE'S NO LONGER HERE, BUT WITH CLIFF WITH PAUL, WITH THE NURSE DEPARTMENT, WITH MS. RENEE, THE ATHLETIC EVENTS THIS YEAR WAS UNPRECEDENTED WITH COVID.

BUT WE DID A FANTASTIC JOB AT THOSE GATES FOR SECURITY AND WITH THE PERSONNEL AND MAKING SURE THAT THE STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARTICIPANTS WAS ABLE TO COME IN AND ENJOY THEMSELVES.

I BELIEVE WE DIDN'T HAVE NOT ONE MEMBER ON ANY OF THOSE TEAMS GET SICK DURING THAT TIME.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO SAY.

THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO SAY, BECAUSE WE KNOW COVID WAS EVERYWHERE.

SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL AND PLEASED OF EVERYBODY THAT ASSISTED IN THOSE ATHLETIC EVENTS.

NOW, THOUGH, I COULD TALK ABOUT MULTIPLE THINGS WE DO IN OPERATIONS, BUT THOSE WERE THE KEY THINGS THAT WE WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON THIS PAST YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD BOARD MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS? OK, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU.

I CALLED DR.

RINGO LAST NIGHT AND SAID, I CAN DO IT OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO IT? AND I WAS HOPING HE'D SAY HE'D LIKE TO DO IT.

SO HE'S VOLUNTEERED TO STEP IN FOR DR.

GARRETT. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. BOARD JUST REAL QUICKLY WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, GISD SECURITY HIGHLIGHTS

[VII. GISD Security Highlights – Dr. Shelley Garrett]

THANK YOU.

MR. MILLER BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ AND OUR SECURITY TEAM AS OUR HIGHLIGHTS PERSONALLY FOR ME, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THEM. LAST YEAR AS WE HIT COVID AND SHUT DOWN OUR SECURITY TEAM DID NOT SHUT DOWN. THEY CONTINUED TO WORK AS WE WERE OPERATIONAL WITH PEOPLE IN THE FACILITIES YEAR ROUND. AND QUICK STORY WHEN WE HAD SNOWMAGEDDON, DR.

LOPEZ AND I HIT THE ROADS AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING.

I WAS AT A STOPLIGHT.

WE WERE NOT SLIDING AROUND YET, IT WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT 3:30 IN THE MORNING, I HEARD A HORN NEXT TO ME AND I THOUGHT, WHO'S HONKING AT ME AT 3:30 IN THE MORNING? AND I LOOK OVER AND ONE OF OUR SECURITY OFFICERS RECOGNIZED ME IN MY TRUCK WITH MY HAT ON SOMEHOW. AND SO I ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW.

WE CAUGHT UP AT A STOPLIGHT AT 3:30 IN THE MORNING SAYING HELLO WHILE IT WAS FREEZING AND THE ROADS WERE NOT ICY YET. AND BY 4:30 MY TRUCK WAS SLIDING INTO THE CURB AND WE HAD CALLED SCHOOL THAT DAY. SO I CANNOT THANK OUR SECURITY ENOUGH.

SIMILAR TO OUR SNS STUDENT NUTRITION DEPARTMENT, OUR SECURITY TEAM HAS BEEN OPERATING YEAR ROUND AND HAS NOT SHUT DOWN THROUGH COVID.

BUT SOME QUICK HIGHLIGHTS.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT PAT LAMB.

HE RECEIVED THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD, ONLY ONE EMPLOYEE.

[APPLAUSE] ONLY ONE EMPLOYEE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS RECEIVES THAT AWARD AND THAT AWARD WAS NOT GIVEN IN 2020, SO ALL THOSE APPLICANTS FROM 2020 WERE ROLLING FORWARD TO 2021, ALONG WITH ALL THE NEW APPLICANTS OR RECOGNITIONS, I SHOULD SAY, TO BE SELECTED.

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THERE ARE THIRTY FIVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT COVER THE ENTIRE SQUARE MILES OF THE DISTRICT.

EIGHTY SIX FACILITIES AND CAMPUSES IN ALL THREE JURISDICTIONS, AND DURING SNOWMAGEDDON THEY SAVED THE DISTRICT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

IT WAS PRESENTED TODAY ABOUT THE FIRE SUPPRESSION LINES.

IF OUR TEAM WAS NOT ABLE TO DO THAT AND HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL, WE'D HAVE HAD MORE PIPES BURSTING WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS AND MORE FLOODS TAKING PLACE.

AND SO THEIR EFFORTS SAVED OUR DISTRICT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

AND DUE TO THAT, TOO, IT DID ALLOW OUR SCHOOLS TO REOPEN ONCE SNOWMAGEDDON WAS OVER.

THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND.

THEY'VE INCREASED THE STOP THE BLEED KITS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT FROM SEVENTY FIVE TO 180. AND THESE ARE NOW IN ALL OUR ART CLASSES, SHOP CLASSES AND KITCHENS.

AND THEY TRULY ARE PARTNERING WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND PRINCIPALS IN THE WORK THEY DO AND SUPPORTING OUR CAMPUSES. AND IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS SINCE COVID HIT, THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT ALONE HAS ANSWERED OVER SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND TELEPHONE CALLS 24 HOURS A DAY.

THEY'RE AVAILABLE AND WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSE OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH FACILITY ACCESS AND GETTING PEOPLE IN OUR FACILITIES DURING OUR DOWNTIME ON THE WEEKENDS AND THE HOLIDAYS.

AND THEY ARE THE FIRST ONES TO RESPOND WITH OUR VARIOUS POLICE DEPARTMENTS WHEN IT'S 2:00 A.M. IN THE MORNING AND THERE'S AN ALARM THAT GOES OFF SECURITY'S ON SITE ALONG WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE AWARE YOU DO RECEIVE THOSE UPDATES, 24 HOURS A DAY WHEN SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN.

SO THEY ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK AND I CANNOT THANK THEM ENOUGH.

BUT THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE QUICK HIGHLIGHTS OVER THE PAST YEAR OF OUR SECURITY TEAM.

SO, PAT LAMB, MARK QUINN AND EVERYBODY ELSE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND JUST ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I DO APPRECIATE I KNOW IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME, BUT THE DAILY UPDATES WE GET ON ANY ACTIVITIES IN OUR CAMPUSES AT LEAST GIVES THE BOARD THE HEADS UP TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOCKOUT OR THERE WAS POLICE ACTIVITY IN AN AREA JUST IN CASE WE SHOULD HEAR ABOUT IT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WE AT LEAST KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT THE OUTCOME WAS.

MOST OF THE CASES THAT I'VE BEEN WITNESSING ARE A FALSE ALARM HERE OR THERE OR A POSSIBLE INTRUSION WHERE THE SUSPECTS LEFT BEFORE WE GOT THERE KIND OF THING.

BUT IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT, WE HAVE OUR 24 HOUR SURVEILLANCE.

OUR CAMERAS OUR LIGHTING ALL THE THINGS WE'VE DONE FOR SECURITY.

WE PRETTY MUCH CAN HAVE EYEBALLS ON ALL CAMPUSES AT ALL TIMES.

AND THAT TYPE OF SECURITY LEVEL IS ONE THAT I FEEL LIKE ANYWAY, AS A BOARD MEMBER HELPS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE CARE FOR.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE EFFORTS.

AND ALL OF THIS.

ALL RIGHT WE WILL GO TO.

MR. MILLER. WE GOT ONE MORE ALL RIGHT SORRY, MR..GLICK HAD A QUESTION.

YEAH. PAT, COULD YOU MS. STANLEY OBVIOUSLY IS NEW ON THE BOARD.

COULD YOU DISCUSS HOW OUR STAFF COORDINATES WITH THE THREE CITIES? I WILL. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE MR. MILLER SAYING WHAT HE WAS SAYING, BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY IT TOO.

I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT SECURITY INVOLVES EVERYBODY FROM THE TOP DOWN AND WE HAVE INCREDIBLE SUPPORT FROM THIS BOARD.

AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR 20, I'M IN MY TWENTY SEVENTH YEAR AND I KNOW THAT MOST DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE WHAT WE HAVE.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE SO INVOLVED IN SECURITY AND MAKING SURE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS INTACT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DIDN'T MENTION, BUT ONE OF THE NEW INITIATIVES IN A SCHOOL, LET'S SAY SECONDS COUNT WHEN SECONDS COUNT, YOU CAN HIT A BUTTON AND THAT BUTTON SENDS A VOICE OVER THAT SAYS LOCKDOWN, LIGHTS OUT, OUT OF SIGHT.

AND INSTEAD OF GETTING ON THE MIC AND TRYING TO DO THAT YOURSELF, THAT'S HAPPENING WHILE YOU'RE RESPONDING.

FROM OUR DISPATCH OFFICE IF WE SEE SOMETHING GOING ON AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING AND I WANT TO DO THIS SOMETIME, I WANT TO DO THIS, AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING, YOU GET ON THAT P.A.

AND YOU GO INTO THE SCHOOL AND YOU SAY, I SEE YOU, I KNOW YOU, DROP DOWN TO YOUR KNEES. WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SAY IS THIS IS GOD, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO DO THAT SOMEDAY.

PARDON ME A SECOND. AND THAT'S A POWERFUL SYSTEM.

AND THE SECURED VESTIBULES, YOU CAN'T JUST WALK INTO ANY OF OUR BUILDINGS.

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WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE LOCKED.

WE HAVE ALARMS. SO IF THE DOOR IS PROPPED OPEN AND I'VE BEEN IN DISPATCH WHEN THAT ALARM GOES OFF AND YOU JUST CAN'T IGNORE IT.

AND SO WE KNOW WHEN A DOOR HAS BEEN PROPPED OPEN.

SO WE HAVE A ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM.

AND, YOU KNOW THAT SECURITY STARTS WITH ALL THE THREATS THAT WE FACE.

AND IT'S JUST BROAD.

AND WE HAVE TO HAVE PROCEDURES.

WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE.

WE HAVE TO HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY IT COMES DOWN TO EVERY ONE OF US.

IF YOU SEE SOMETHING REALLY, YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

YOU'VE GOT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE A ROBUST RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR TRI CITY POLICE AND FIRE.

WE DEAL MORE WITH THE POLICE ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT I CAN CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT ANY TIME. AND WE'VE WORKED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY MIKE'S SIDE OF THE HOUSE, AND WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH WHAT YOU DO.

WE WORK WITH THE POLICE.

A NUMBER OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE ENGAGED IN TRAINING TODAY IN WHAT YOU CALL ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING, AND THEY'RE USING OUR SCHOOL.

DO YOU KNOW HOW GOOD THAT IS? WE WANT OUR POLICE OFFICERS NOT GUESSING WHAT THE SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE, BUT TO GET IN THERE AND SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.

AND SO WE WORK WITH SACHSE, ROWLETT AND GARLAND JUST ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS.

I KNOW YOU I GOT YOUR PHONE NUMBERS SAVED.

YOU GOT MINE SAVED.

WE TALK AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO STAY ONE STEP AHEAD, I THINK, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALWAYS REACTING, IT'S OFTEN RESPONDING AND IT'S BEING PROACTIVE.

AND SO IF WE HEAR OF SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON, WE CALL THEM AND WE CREATE A PLAN.

AND THAT'S JUST A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.

IT'S BEEN A RELATIONSHIP THAT'S IMPROVED OVER THE YEARS.

AND AGAIN, WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF OUR EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND THEN TO THE POINT ABOUT NOTIFYING THE BOARD, AGAIN, I'VE BEEN AT THIS A LONG TIME, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU I DIDN'T DO THIS.

DR. LOPEZ DID THIS.

AND HIS FIRST MEETING WHEN HE GOT HERE, I REMEMBER WAS WITH THE SECURITY.

IT'S ONE THING TO SAY HE BELIEVE IN SECURITY.

TALK IS CHEAP. IT'S ANOTHER THING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

AND SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE SAID WAS, WE'RE GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR BOARD.

AND I SAID, YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? AND HE SAID, I AM INDEED.

AND SO I WAS THE FIRST TO START DOING THAT AND WE WOULD WEAR YOU OUT.

BUT YOU WEREN'T WORN OUT.

YOU WOULD ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

SO I KNEW WE WERE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

AND SO WE'RE GLAD TO DO THAT.

DOES THAT ANSWER THAT QUESTION, SIR? SO AT THIS POINT, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO DR.

[VIII. Closing Comments – Dr. Ricardo Lopez]

LOPEZ. AND AGAIN, HE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.

HE OFFERS IDEAS.

ONE TIME I WAS STANDING IN THE GROUP AND HE SAID, HEY, PAT, I'M CALLING YOU OUT.

I LOVE THAT. BECAUSE HE SAID, YOU'RE DOING ALL THESE THINGS AND IT'S GOOD.

BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT OTHER THINGS.

AND SO YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN.

SO, DR. LOPEZ, APPRECIATE YOU.

YOU'RE THE MAN.

APPRECIATE YOU TOO. NOW I'M CALLING YOU OUT, MAN, IN A GOOD WAY, Y'ALL.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE DANG, LOPEZ IS THAT HOW YOU REWARD GOOD EMPLOYEES? YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WELL-DESERVED HONOR.

YOU KNOW, AND PAT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST TO SAY MY REWARD IS A REFLECTION OF THE TEAM.

AND HE IS.

JUST AS A RECAP, YOU KNOW, WE GO DOWN MEMORY LANE.

AND MY FIRST MEETING WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, MY PRIORITY WAS WITH SECURITY TEAMS. YOU KNOW, WE LEAD WITH SECURITY, I THINK IN MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS PEOPLE THAT FEEL SAFE AND THEY'RE IN GOOD ENVIRONMENTS.

AND I KNOW HOW THE CULTURE OF THE SCHOOLS ARE.

THEN WE CAN PROCEED WITH ACADEMICS.

RIGHT. AND SO WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

YOU KNOW, I COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES IN TEXAS AND AND HE WAS JUST TELLING ME THE PROBLEMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WERE THERE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS VERY TELLING AND WE GO DOWN MEMORY LANE MR. GLICK, WHEN WE DECIDED TO SEND THESE ALERTS TO THE BOARD AND I TOLD THEM, WE'RE GOING TO GET THESE ALERTS AND THEY'RE LIKE, OK, GREAT.

LIKE MR. GLICK WAS MY PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME.

AND HE'S ALL LIKE, CALLS ME AND GOES, THESE ARE A LOT.

IS THIS NORMAL? WE REALLY USE OUR TRI CITY AREAS SO MUCH, AND HE WAS JUST ASTOUNDED BY THE RESPONSE THAT WE'RE GIVING. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MR. MILLER CAME UP AND PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE RESPONDER'S.

WHY? BECAUSE WHEN ALL THE ALERTS, EVERY TIME YOU VISIT A SCHOOL, WE GET A NOTIFICATION.

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RIGHT? THE FIRST REASON IS BECAUSE WE JUST WANT THEM AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT THE SECOND THING IS YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT COMMUNITY MEMBER SEES IT AND THEY MAY STOP THEM. HEY, WHAT HAPPENED AT STEADHAM? RIGHT. AND YOU MIGHT SAY, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT LET ME CHECK. OH, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT.

THEN THE THIRD THING IS, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE EVENT, YOU WILL KNOW EXACTLY EVEN IF NOBODY'S ASKING WHAT IT IS FOR YOU.

AND SO YOU KNOW TO MY TRI-CITY AREA.

MY FIRST MESSAGE IS, LET'S BUCKLE UP.

I THINK WE FORGOT WHAT IT WAS LIKE PRE COVID.

RIGHT. AND SO ARE ALL OUR KIDS ARE COMING BACK AND THEY'RE COMING BACK EARLY AND WE'RE STARTING AUGUST 2ND.

AND WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE FEARS, THERE'S GOING TO BE RENEWALS OF OLD HABITS SOMETIMES. IT'S GOING TO BE GETTING KIDS ACCLIMATED, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

BUT WE JUST WANT TO BE REAL THAT AS WE GET NORMAL, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING STRESSES ON THE SYSTEM AGAIN.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE'RE WORKING AND COMMUNICATING TOGETHER, WE'VE GOT TO REALIZE THAT THAT PARTNERSHIP WORKS.

SAFETY AND SECURITY IS A MULTIPRONGED APPROACH.

WE HAVE THE PROACTIVE.

PROACTIVE IS SEL LEARNING, PROACTIVE IS MENTORSHIP.

PROACTIVE IS KNOWING YOUR COMMUNITY, WHO'S STRESSED, WHO ISN'T STRESSED.

PROACTIVE IS WE HAVE ANONYMOUS ALERTS APP THAT PAT BROUGHT IN AND THAT ANONYMOUS ALERTS APP, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT'S VERY UNIQUE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE UNTIL I GOT HERE.

SO ON THE ANONYMOUS ALERTS APP, LET'S SAY THERE'S A PERSON THAT IS A THREAT TO SOMEBODY OR THEMSELVES, OK.

AND IT'S A PERCEIVED THREAT. REMEMBER, IT'S ALWAYS A PERCEIVED THREAT.

WE DON'T HAVE EVIDENCE UNTIL WE HAVE EVIDENCE.

WE GET A PERCEIVED THREAT AND THAT ANONYMOUS ALERTS APP.

LET'S SAY WE GET NOTIFIED AT 12:00 IN THE MORNING, OK? AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE PERSON RESIDES AND GARLAND, ROWLETT OR SACHSE, ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS WILL DO A HOME VISIT IMMEDIATELY.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT.

IN OTHER AREAS WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED IS THEY'LL SAY, LET'S WAIT TILL THE KID COMES TO SCHOOL AND WE'LL LOOK FOR HIM IN THE PARKING LOT.

WE'LL LOOK FOR THEM.

AND WHEN THEY GET THERE, NO, THEY GO STRAIGHT TO THE HOUSE.

NOW, I WANT TO REMIND YOU, THIS IS EARLY MORNING HOURS SOMETIMES.

THEY ALL HAVE STORIES THEY CAN TELL YOU.

WHEN A PARENT ANSWERS THE DOOR, THEY TELL THEM THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON AND WE NEED TO SEARCH YOUR HOUSE. THEY DON'T HAVE A SEARCH WARRANT, BUT THEY'RE LETTING A PARENT KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND 99.99 PERCENT OF THE PARENTS WILL SAY, COME ON AND HELP US FIND SOMETHING BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR CHILD.

AND THEY WILL GO THROUGH THEIR ROOM AND GO THROUGH THE HOUSE AND THEY WILL SAY THERE'S NO THREAT. WE FOUND A BB GUN.

THERE WAS NOT A TRUE THREAT, BUT MAYBE A POSSIBLE THREAT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THE THREAT.

THEY ATTEND TO IT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBERED THAT ONE TIME THERE WAS THIS IS WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE.

THERE WAS A PARKED CAR IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE ROWLETT IS AND THE ROWLETT PD MADE A RANDOM STOP. AND WHAT DID THEY FIND? A KID STALKING PLACES.

HE HAD AUTOMATIC WEAPONS IN HIS TRUNK WITH MASKS.

YES. OK. AND AT THE TIME, THAT WAS A ROWLETT SOCCER GAME GOING ON.

AND OF COURSE, THEY FOUND DRUGS.

THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT'S PROACTIVE AND KNOCK ON WOOD.

YOU KNOW, I PRAY THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE ALWAYS SAFE.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST PRAYER OF ALL.

OK, AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROACTIVENESS.

THEN WE HAVE WHAT WOULD I CALL THE SITUATION SRO'S SECURITY CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION ALWAYS LOOKING BECAUSE ALL IT TAKES SOMETIMES IS EYES TO CONNECT.

RIGHT. AND BOOM, SOMETHING HAPPENS.

RIGHT, TWO GUYS MAKE EYE CONTACT.

THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE BEEF, BUT THEY MAKE EYE CONTACT ON TAKING THINGS WRONG AND THEN BOOM, IT GOES DOWN. SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE REACTIVENESS IF ANYBODY COMES IN AND WE GOT PHENOMENAL SRO'S.

WE GOT PHENOMENAL PARTNERSHIPS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

I WANT TO EMPHASIZE SAFETY.

I WANT US TO REALIZE LET'S NOT GET INTO BAD HABITS FAST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD FULL FLEDGED SCHOOL IN A YEAR AND A HALF.

I NEED US TO GO BACK TO THOSE DILIGENT PROTOCOLS.

I WANT KIDS THE FIRST DAY TO UNDERSTAND SAFETY IS STILL A PRIORITY.

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WE CAN'T BE EMPATHETIC, LIKE, OH, I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT HOW.

WE GOT TO LET THEM KNOW, HEY, YOU'RE BACK IN SCHOOL.

GUESS WHAT? THERE IS RULES TO FOLLOW.

SAFETY IS FIRST.

YOUR MENTAL SAFETY, YOUR PHYSICAL SAFETY, ALL TYPES OF SAFETY.

AND SO WITH THAT, WE'RE EXCITED FOR THEM COMING.

WHY DO WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS NOW? WE STARTED THESE MEETINGS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BEFORE IT BECAME A LAW, OK? AND SO THE GOVERNOR INVITED ME AND A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE FOR A SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETING.

AND PAT WAS ALSO PART OF SOME PROJECTS.

AND GARLAND HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF SAFETY AND SECURITY.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY DILIGENT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.

WHEN WE TELL PEOPLE WE WELCOME THEM BACK, I WANT THE MESSAGE TO BE WE WELCOME YOU BACK, BUT YOU BETTER FOLLOW THE RULES.

WE'RE HERE TO LOVE EACH OTHER.

WE LEAD WITH LOVE. WE DON'T WANT IT.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO BRING ANY OF THAT OTHER MESS LET ME KNOW WHO'S BRINGING IT SO WE CAN WE CAN STOP IT BEFORE IT COMES INTO OUR DOORS.

OK, SO WITH THAT, LET'S CHARGE ON.

THANK YOU. GREAT ANY QUESTIONS OF DR.

LOPEZ BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE PRESENT.

OK, SEEING NONE ANY GENERAL QUESTIONS ANYBODY, MECHELLE, WE DON'T HAVE AN

[IX. Q&A]

WE HAVE A GREAT DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE GREAT TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS. THE BOARD, PRIOR TO MY BEING HERE AND WHILE I WAS HERE, HAS DEDICATED RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE WE CAN KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.

I HOPE THE COMMUNITY FEELS THAT AND RECOGNIZES THAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A TOP PRIORITY.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALL KIDS IT'S TRUE, WE MEAN ALL KIDS, ALL CAMPUSES, ALL SITUATIONS.

WE WANT OUR KIDS TO BE SAFE.

IT HAS BEEN STUDIED AND FOUND THAT KIDS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT DO FAR BETTER ACADEMICALLY THAN THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT.

SO WE STRIVE FOR THAT FOR ALL THE PERSONNEL THAT ARE HERE TODAY AND ALL OF OUR TRI-CITIES PARTNERS AND FRIENDS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.

I GET COMMENTS CONSTANTLY ABOUT OUR S.R.O.

PROGRAM, OUR INDIVIDUAL SRO'S AT ALL THE CAMPUSES AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE APPRECIATED AND WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY DO.

AND A LOT OF THEM DO MORE THAN THEY GO BEYOND WHAT THE DEFINITION OF THEIR DUTY IS.

AND THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL TO OUR CAMPUSES, OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR STAFF THERE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT.

THOSE ARE VERY, VERY WONDERFUL THINGS.

WE MAY HAVE ONE COMMENT.

MICROPHONE, PLEASE. I JUST WANT TO SAY.

MICHAEL PIERCE. YES, I JUST WANT TO SAY I APOLOGIZE AND THANK YOU AT THE SAME TIME TO OUR GARLAND FIRE OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, YOU NORMALLY DON'T GET THE POLICE CHIEF OR THE FIRE MARSHAL MR. ERIC LOVETT IS OUR GARLAND FIRE MARSHAL.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

MR. JOE ESTES I WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH HIM DURING OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS, OUR SPRINKLER INSPECTIONS, THE GRADUATION.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.

[APPLAUSE] SO THAT BEING IT, THANK YOU FOR A VERY CONCISE MEETING.

IT IS NOW 12:22 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.