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r! c - WM emu) CHRONICLE - Wednesday, November 15,1009 Board revisits locked door policy 0 BYCNMuunt Plum, school safety procedures. “We're just at the tar] end UXUr I W r 00 PAitxrtiu. lhey compared schools that of putting that report ' Chronicle Surf] run the full spectrum. from together," he sard, “ I here New York (.rty schools wtth rtiay be recommendations, en a man robbed barbed Wire and metal but there would be a cost the Shopper's Drug detectors to smallâ€"town associated With them " a a.“ , Matt at Parkdale st hools wrth virtually no Locked doors have ' --.~â€"‘-â€"_; ’ a, My; 1. ' -~‘.< Pf Plaza last year and then holed security measures in place. become the central talking !, " ii fl. " ?‘ up in a washroom at “5111510" Waterloo Region Police point ofthe safety issue. . ‘3 I. ‘j’ l Churchill Public School while Visited the school and point- All doors at elementary at, ' ’ 1 children were in the buildâ€" ed out where irriprovemetits schools at the Waterloo ( ' fl . *" '; ing, it set off alarm bells for could be made. in the end, Catholic school board are a .'. ‘ ' ._ ; parents in the community the group came tip with a locked during the school ‘ ~ _ , _ But no actual alarm bells list of security gaps and we day Visitors must bu“ at . 32; _:‘ 4; were set off when the man ommeridaiions on how to the main entrance for "It,” w. my M ‘ came into the school in the change them. admittance, similar to a con 2»?! l ,\ ‘ first place. “We offered the method- trolledventry system at an That led to a review of the ology and the info from our apartment building. 3 safety and security of public study to the committee. so Other doors are equipped _. up 4 elementary schools they didn't have to re-invent with an electronic locking 9, # throughout the region. the wheel," Schell said, “But system. which can only be ‘ A] A - Trustees at the Waterloo we never heard back." opened with a special elecâ€" _ ‘ DEPOSITS AS LO\' AS lo , Region District School Board Bryant said the report tronic key fob. These sysr a"? "A ‘ are scheduled to receive the will include input from prin- tems are commonly used in H T report at next Monday's crpals and rice-principals as workplaces. S lll(l_UDED board meeting. well as from the facilities The locking system, at a “lt will be more or less a and lT departments. But it cost of about $2,800 per ‘iE ll C lG S ,‘ G , S LO A] l S S'Z 6 0 review ofwhere we are," said will not include input frorii school, was paid for in part I‘ \' PRl ll' TAR-ll“ A \l A l 9 O lohn Bryant, 3 superintend- parents. by a Ministry of Education cm at the board who is “It‘s mostly an internal grant to the Catholic school working on the document. process of working with our board in 2005. “Munâ€"flmwnwmm “It's reallyareport to update security department and At Winston Churchill, “lfihub-auunfi trustees.” system leaders," he said. Schell said two doors remain Mnston Churchill parent “They have a vast knowledge unlocked throughout the ' â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€" Tom Schell is disa inted ofour sites" da 1 the front entrance, P90. r . , ' “l“ m ”5 l "gangâ€"- I 5l’m'l“ ' mm that the group took no input Bryant is unsurewhether which is not visible from the ____________________â€"____â€"______ from parents, Monday's report Will be for main office, and a back door. The school council at information purposes only. A third door has an electron- .» Winston Churchill under or include recommenda~ ic lock on it â€" paid for by m “Condom took a two-year study of tions the school council. mull!” to Mill - r , s - i” _ _ ' l}.- - A 0 a ‘ * GIVG ll re lll OfS OllClIGK |.-_- - >â€"-â€"â€"~â€"v~ - , I ' llle BO BO“ I & BOCl WOFKS it / I ‘ - -_ - .. . PlNKOlIdIIIOrel ' ,. V‘*/\/|lll .l3 l» i Hi My, ‘:.\ or.» \ SW, ‘ , ‘ r llrif . : Wilt” w iii. a t‘h‘r. \ ‘wiicrr; 1 V “r . ‘H1,\,{.;{.,i, ,:,‘.:, g my A 1 g l