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Security changes planned at Smith-Green schools |
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Thursday, November 08 2007 |
By CHRIS MEYERS
Staff writer
As part of ongoing changes to security at Smith-Green Community Schools, more features will be added in the near future to the rear of the main school building.
Several cameras were recently installed at the school and traffic flows were rerouted to enhance security.
Along with those changes, all doors at the school are to be locked so visitors have to enter the front door and report to the main office.
Adam Skiles, information technology director for SGCS, told the board of school trustees at their Monday meeting of the upcoming changes to the rear of the building.
No specifics were given about what would be changed.
The traffic flows were recently changed so that all students must be dropped off at the front of the building. Students can still be picked up in the rear of the building.
School officials worked with Churubusco police to help ensure the easiest transition to the new traffic patterns.
Town Marshal John Hart had said at a past town council meeting that the change had gone surprisingly well and had caused little traffic problems after its first couple of days in use.
In other business, the board started a new monthly tradition of naming a teacher of the month at board meetings.
The first teacher to receive the recognition was Wendy Sieber, a sixth grade social studies teacher.
She has been with Churubusco Middle School for the past five years and is co-sponsor of the middle school student council, yearbook advisor and coordinator for the tutoring program.
“Wendy is an all-star teacher at our school … she is an incredibly innovative teacher,” said John Davis, principal of the middle school.
The board also heard from a parent with an autistic child who praised the school district’s program for her child and others with intensive needs.
Heather Ostrowski said the program was well worth keeping at the school because her son and other children are making great strides in progress by being able to be in the same building as their friends and receive care in their hometown.
“I’m very grateful he has been able to receive care in his community … he’s really starting to make strides,” she said.
She said she is worried about the longevity of the program and urged board members to do all they can to ensure it stays at the school. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, November 09 2007 )
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