December 19, 2014 at 4:58 p.m.
School district confident about security measures in wake of pellet gun incident
School district confident about security measures in wake of pellet gun incident
The school board unanimously approved the expulsion order Monday. It will be in effect until the student turns 21, however the student's parents will be able to petition the district to reinstate the student after one year.
When discussing the expulsion, Jacobi said the safety of the student body was not compromised and that "nobody knew (the student) had (the pellet gun) until administration was meeting with the student and discovered it at that time."
In talking with the River News about the possibility of increasing security measures in the wake of the incident, Jacobi said the district is confident in the measures it has in place.
"We have security measures in place and frequently update them. This won't change anything about how we do things," she said. "We have locks on all the doors and the alarms go off if they're opened. We believe this was an incident that's not something that will be repeated. If it is something that, over time, we realize that it could be potentially a problem, then we'll have to look at taking additional measures and we'll look at what other districts are doing to deal with these kinds of situations. We believe this is definitely just a one-time incident."
One additional measure that could be discussed is the possibility of installing metal detectors at the main entrance of the school, though Jacobi said there is no immediate plan to bring a recommendation to the school board.
"We haven't had those conversations. We will when we do our security updates, which happen at least yearly but often even more frequently than that, about changes that need to take place. The administration and the board would discuss that," she said. "We do work on security all the time - constantly. We know that's critical to make sure we're doing all we can to keep our students safe."
Marcus Nesemann may be reached at [email protected].
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