The USD 252 Southern Lyon County Board of Education spent a lot of time on school safety measures at its meeting this week.
Board members met Monday evening, and in fact they spent the vast majority of the meeting on safety and security matters. Superintendent Mike Argabright discussed the district checklist before the school year starts, including fire inspections, alarm systems, bus inspections, cameras and secured entrances. The board approved implementing SafeDefend, a process to speed up emergency calls to authorities while also offering self-defense items so the district has those at each of its schools.
There was also discussion and action on air purification — a core focus for the district as part of its COVID-19 mitigation plan.
Argabright says the district discussed ways to “gatekeep” its entrances better because of the challenges involved in keeping those entrances secured.
Separately, Argabright says plans to upgrade locker rooms at the Olpe 1950 addition are tabled at this time to resolve some issues with different bids. The board approved a grant application to the Environmental Protection Agency for three large electric buses and a smaller electric bus.
