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[00:00:01]

WE'RE GOOD TO GO. OKAY.

[CALL TO ORDER]

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS ASSISTANT CHIEF LUCRETIA ROGERS.

THIS MEETING OF THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER FOR THE PURPOSE STATED IN THE DULY POSTED MEETING.

NOTICE THE TIME IS NOW 4:01 P.M.

[WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS]

MISS VILLAMONTE CALL THE ROLL.

FOR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WE HAVE I'M SORRY FOR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

WE HAVE A FILL IN FOR SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE IS CHIEF OF STAFF AUGUST HAMILTON, PRESENT.

OKAY DISTRICT.

I MEAN DISTRICT PRESIDENT DANI HERNANDEZ, PRESENT.

TRUSTEE KATHY BLUEFORD-DANIELS.

GO AHEAD. FILL IN FOR CHIEF LOPEZ IS HIS PROXY ASSISTANT CHIEF LUCRETIA RODGERS, PRESENT .

DIRECTOR GEORGE MUNICH, PRESENT.

HISD POLICE CHIEF TROY FINNER.

HOUSTON. I MEAN.

H. I MEAN.

HOUSTON POLICE CHIEF TROY FINNER AND FACILITIES SERVICES OFFICER ALICIA JOLIVETTE WEBER, PRESENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. PRESENT.

SENIOR MANAGER WILLIS SPENCER, PRESENT.

HISD PRINCIPAL WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL CARLOS PHILLIPS, PRESENT.

HISD TEACHER JENNIFER SIMMONS.

OKAY. SAFETY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MANAGER MELISSA LOPEZ, PRESENT.

PRESENT. OKAY.

SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM LEAD ROBERT CAGE, PRESENT.

OKAY. FOR THE SUPPORT STAFF, HEALTH AND MEDICAL DEPARTMENT CANDICE CASTILLO. BUT FILL IN IS MISS GLENDA CALLAWAY.

PRESENT. OKAY.

HISD LEGAL IS ERICA GRAHAM, PRESENT.

BOARD LEGAL COUNSEL LISA MCBRIDE, PRESENT.

BOARD LEGAL COUNSEL DAVID THOMPSON.

NOT HERE. CONTRACTED TO STAFF.

DORSEY DELANEY.

AND SENIOR MANAGER OF BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION, MR. SEAN RICKS, PRESENT.

AND THAT'S IT. A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BECAUSE 9 OUT OF THE 12 MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

WE'LL REVIEW THE AGENDA.

IT'S LISTED AS FOLLOWED.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM MARCH 6, 2023]

OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM MARCH 6TH, 2023 MINUTES.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING HELD ON THAT DATE? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES? AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

THERE ARE NOT ANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS TO THE AGENDA.

JUST A SECOND HERE.

[NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS]

WE ACTUALLY HAVE NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS THIS TIME, SO I'LL GO OVER THOSE.

WE HAD SOME NEW MEMBERS TO BE ADDED IN PLACE OF MS. LICATA AND MS. TAYLOR. WE ACTUALLY ADDED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND FACILITIES DUE TO THOSE AREAS OF IMPORTANCE TO OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY PLAN.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND PER THE CHARTER MR. HOUSE HAS APPROVED THE ADDITIONS TO THE MEETING.

LET'S WELCOME MS. JOLIVETTE WEBER.

MS. LOPEZ AND MR. CASE TO THE COMMITTEE [APPLAUSE].

WELCOME. WELCOME.

I WILL HAVE MS. LOPEZ SPEAK TO THE NEXT SLIDES.

OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON.

[SAFETY GRANT UPDATE]

I WILL GO OVER THE SAFETY GRANT UPDATE.

SO HISD HAS BEEN AWARDED APPROXIMATELY $7.9 MILLION AS PART OF THE SCHOOL SAFETY STANDARDS FORMULA GRANT. IT'S TO APPLY TOWARDS IMPROVING SCHOOL SAFETY IN THE DISTRICT.

[00:05:06]

SO THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY PLACED ON THE BOARD AGENDA FOR THE MEETING THAT WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 13TH FOR ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL.

AND IT WAS ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND FACILITIES MET TO OUTLINE THAT PLAN OF EXECUTION AND THE ORDER OF PRIORITY.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FACILITIES HAVE COME UP WITH A LIST, HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH A LIST OF PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED USING THESE GRANT FUNDS. THE $7.9 MILLION WILL BE USED.

THEY USE THIS ORDER OF PRIORITY WHEN WHEN COMING UP WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE THAT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH.

SO THE ORDER OF PRIORITY WAS ONE THE TYPES OF SCHOOLS.

SO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE A PRIORITY SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED POLICE OFFICER ON STAFF FULL TIME.

NEXT IS THE USE OF FUNDS TO INCREASE TARGET HARDENING CAPABILITIES TO DELAY OR STOP A POTENTIAL INTRUDER FROM ENTERING THE CAMPUS.

AND THEN THIRD IS THE ABILITY TO USE THE FUNDS TO IMPACT A MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOLS.

SO SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WENT FORWARD THAT WERE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH INCLUDE ITEMS THAT WILL BENEFIT EVERY SCHOOL, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO REACH AS MANY SCHOOLS AS POSSIBLE.

THE PROJECTS TO BE STARTED FIRST WOULD BE THE SPAT, WHICH IS THE SILENT PANIC ALERT TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM AT EVERY CAMPUS.

AND THEN WE WILL LOOK TO FINISH THE EXTERIOR DOOR NUMBERING AT ALL CAMPUSES.

THIS WILL BE SO THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEA REQUIREMENTS.

THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE THE DOOR AND WINDOW PROTECTIVE FILM.

AGAIN, THIS WILL BE AT EVERY CAMPUS AND THIS WILL INCLUDE THE FRONT DOOR AND THEN THE TWO WINDOWS TO EACH SIDE OF THAT FRONT DOOR OF EVERY CAMPUS.

SO AFTER THAT, WHAT WE WILL DO IS LOOK TO SEE WHAT FUNDS ARE LEFT AND WE WILL START LOOKING AT OTHER PROJECTS, SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, THE KEY BOXES, THE EXTERIOR DOOR COMPONENTS AND ANY EXTERIOR DOOR UPGRADES.

OKAY. AND THAT'S IT FOR THE GRANT UPDATE.

WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS THIS MEETING OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE IS NOW GOING TO GO TO CLOSED SESSION.

[ADJOURN TO CLOSED OR EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTIONS 551.071, 551.076, AND 551.089 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE PURPOSES LISTED BELOW]

UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 541.071, 551.076 AND 551.089 IN ORDER TO REVIEW INCLUDED AGENDA ITEMS. THE TIME IS 4:09.

THIS MEETING IS NOW RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION.

THE TIME IS NOW, 4:24 P.M..

THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING.

NOTIFICATION WILL BE SENT OUT FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE TUESDAY, MAY 9TH 2023.

WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THIS MEETING FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 4:25 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.