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[CALL TO ORDER]

[00:00:23]

MIKE MILES, HISD SUPERINTENDENT.

AUDREY MOMANAEE, PRESIDENT, HISD SCHOOL BOARD.

ADAM RIVON, BOARD MEMBER.

SHAMARA GARNER, CHIEF OF POLICE, HISD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

PRESENT. GEORGE BUENIK, DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY.

HERE. TROY FINNER, CHIEF OF POLICE.

HERE.

ALISHIA JOLIVETTE WEBBER EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

PRESENT. WILLIE SPENCER SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGER.

PRESENT. CARLOS PHILLIPS IS PROXY.

NICHOLAS NEWTON, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.

PRESENT.

JENNIFER SIMMONS, TEACHER OF [INAUDIBLE].

MELISSA LOPEZ, MANAGER SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

PRESENT. ROBERT CAGE JUNIOR FIELD SAFETY TEAM LEAD SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

AND WE HAVE A TOTAL OF TEN . QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BECAUSE WE HAVE TEN OUT OF 12 MEMBERS PRESENT.

REGARDING THE AGENDA REVIEW OF AGENDA.

IN TODAY'S MEETING, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE FOLLOWING.

WE WILL REVIEW THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 20TH MEETING.

WE WILL THEN HEAR FROM REGISTERED SPEAKERS IF THERE ARE ANY.

NEXT, WE WILL HAVE UPDATES FROM FACILITY SERVICES, HISD POLICE AND SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM JUNE 20, 2023]

MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING WERE EMAILED TO ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON AUGUST 1ST.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING HELD ON JUNE 20TH, 2023.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE.

WERE WE ABLE TO GET A COUNT.

HOW MANY? NO OPPOSED? SO WE HAVE TEN IN FAVOR AND NO OPPOSED.

THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

IS THAT CORRECT? GREAT.

NOW. WE WILL.

[FACILITIES SERVICES UPDATE]

NOW I WILL REFER TO ALISHA JOLIVETTE WEBBER TO PROVIDE UPDATES AS IT PERTAINS TO FACILITY SERVICES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

SO JUST TO PROVIDE SOME UPDATES AS FAR AS OUR FACILITIES, WORK ORDERS AND SAFETY AND SECURITY ARE CONCERNED.

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2023-2024, WE CREATED A TOTAL OF 76,790 WORK ORDERS OVERALL.

OF THAT, 75,713 WERE CLOSED.

FROM THAT NUMBER, YOU'LL SEE AS PROJECTED, YOU'LL SEE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY WORK ORDERS THAT WERE CLOSED FROM JANUARY OF 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 2023, WITH A GRAND TOTAL OF 4599.

ADDITIONALLY, AS OF JUNE 30TH OF 2023, WE STILL HAVE AN OUTSTANDING WORK ORDERS TO COMPLETE OF 2882.

FROM THAT YOU'LL SEE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER IN OUR DOORS.

AND OF COURSE DOORS IS ONE OF OUR SAFETY FEATURES.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE DOORS ARE ABLE TO LOCK AND CLOSE AS DESIGNED.

AND SO AS WE RECEIVE THOSE WORK REQUESTS, WHICH WE DO RECEIVE ON A DAILY BASIS, THE TEAM IS ADDRESSING AS THEY ARE INDEED EMERGENCIES.

NEXT. SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ONGOING ARE THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETE.

[00:05:06]

WE ARE WORKING TO ENSURE ALL OF THE ALL OF THE DOORS, ALL OF THE CAMPUSES HAVE DOORS WITH PROPER NUMBERING THAT IS ONGOING AS WELL AS WE ARE ENSURING THAT WINDOW FILM IS INSTALLED ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

IN ADDITION, ALL OF THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE RECEIVING EITHER AN UPGRADE OR MAJOR REPAIRS TO THE FENCING, AS THAT'S ONE OF THE TEA REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.

FENCING, AS WE ALL KNOW, MUST BE EITHER EIGHT FEET AND DEFINITELY NOT SCALABLE.

AND SO THOSE CAMPUSES THAT CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE FENCING, WE ARE RECEIVING PROPOSALS FROM OUR APPROVED VENDORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CAMPUSES ARE ADDRESSED PROPERLY. SO JUST AN UPDATE FROM OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED PREVIOUSLY THIS YEAR FOR THE EXTERIOR DOORS THAT WERE PLANNED, 20 SCHOOLS ARE COMPLETE FOR THE WINDOW FILM, 14 SCHOOLS.

WE DO HAVE PURCHASE ORDERS ASSIGNED FOR THAT WORK TO BEGIN.

AND OUR PHASE ONE IS GOING TO BE ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD CAMPUSES AS THOSE ARE OUR MOST VULNERABLE.

SECOND PHASE WILL BE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES, AND OUR PHASE THREE WILL BE OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND THEN FENCING, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH WE'RE MAKING THOSE FENCES NON-SCALABLE, WE DO KNOW THAT THINGS HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S LATE AT NIGHT OR ON THE WEEKENDS, WHERE WE DO HAVE TO ADDRESS WHETHER THE CAR RUNS INTO A CAMPUS OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

AND SO WE'RE MAKING SURE WE ADDRESS THOSE IN ADDITION TO MAKING SURE THE FENCING THAT'S INSTALLED IS EIGHT FOOT AND OR NOT SCALABLE.

NEXT. ADDITIONAL SAFETY PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE UPCOMING.

AS WE'VE HEARD, SUPERINTENDENT MILES STATE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR WATER QUALITY IS IS DEFINITELY CLEAN AND PURE ENOUGH FOR OUR STUDENTS TO DRINK AND THEN OUR AIR QUALITY IS SIGNIFICANT AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE APPROVED THE TWO VENDORS THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH US TO START THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

THE ASSESSMENTS ARE TO BEGIN AUGUST 14TH AND BE COMPLETE BY OCTOBER 1ST, AND THAT IS ALL CAMPUSES.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

[HISD POLICE DEPARTMENT UPDATE]

I WILL BE GIVING THE UPDATES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WHAT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE IS THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH RAPTOR TECHNOLOGIES AND LISTED HERE ARE THE MODULES THAT WE WILL BE ADDING TO RAPTOR.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS STUDENT SAFE.

STUDENT SAFE IS OUR BEHAVIOR THREAT ASSESSMENT TRACKING.

THAT IS A MODULE THAT WILL BE MANAGED BY OUR COUNSELING DEPARTMENT.

THE NEXT ONE IS DRILL MANAGER.

THIS IS OUR EMERGENCY DRILL TRACKING.

THIS WILL BE MANAGED BY THE SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND ACCESS WILL BE GIVEN TO OUR SAFETY CAPTAINS SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE REQUIRED DRILLS ARE BEING CONDUCTED. THE NEXT ONE IS RAPTOR ALERT.

THIS IS A QUICK WAY FOR THE REPORTING OF EMERGENCIES ON CAMPUS.

THAT ONE WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH AND WE'RE HOPING TO ROLL OUT BY NEXT SEMESTER.

AND THE NEXT ONE IS RAPTOR ACCOUNTABILITY.

THIS ACCOUNTS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF DURING AN EMERGENCY, SO TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO QUICKLY ACCOUNT FOR STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR PHONE OR THROUGH A DESKTOP APPLICATION.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS REUNIFICATION.

SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR BIG ONES WHERE WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THAT STARTED.

IT WILL TAKE A WHILE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PROBABLY PUSH OUT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, IF WE CAN DO THAT SOONER THAN WE DEFINITELY WILL.

SO THIS IS A QUICKLY FACILITATES THE REUNIFICATION OF STUDENTS AND STAFF IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.

SO WITH THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR STUDENTS USING CELL PHONES OR AN IPAD OR A LAPTOP THAT WE WOULD HAVE SET UP AT A REUNIFICATION SITE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

[SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UPDATE]

SO NEXT IS THE SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UPDATES.

WE ARE FINISHING UP OUR DISTRICT AUDIT REPORTING CYCLE.

IT IS THE 2022-2023 SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDIT.

MORE DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED DURING CLOSED SESSION.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS ON THE SECURITY AUDIT.

IT'S REQUIRED EVERY THREE YEARS BY THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER.

THE SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT COMPILES THE AUDIT REPORTING INFORMATION WITH ASSISTANCE FROM ALL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE RESPONSES.

THEIR RESPONSES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO THE DISTRICT'S BOARD OF MANAGERS THIS WEEK.

AND THE DUE DATE FOR THIS IS SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2023.

[00:10:11]

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON THAT RAPTOR TECHNOLOGY.

SO THAT IS AN APP THAT CAN BE PUT ON STUDENTS PHONES, TEACHERS, PHONES, CUSTODIAN, EVERYBODY INSIDE THE BUILDING.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE STUDENT PIECE.

IT SHOULD JUST BE STAFF MEMBERS.

OH, STAFF MEMBERS, YES.

OKAY. AND IS THERE AN AGE LIMIT THAT YOU PROHIBIT CELL PHONES OF YOUR STUDENTS? OR SCHOOLS? ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. KIDS OF ALL AGES.

NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THE COMMITTEE WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS

[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]

551.071, 551.076 AND 551.089 IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE 2020 THROUGH 2023 SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDIT REPORT.

THE TIME IS 4:13.

THIS MEETING IS NOW RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION.

THE TIME IS NOW 4:42.

WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS THIS MEETING OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 4:42 P.M..

THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING.

NOTIFICATION WILL BE SENT OUT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

IT IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2023 AT 4 P.M..

THANK YOU AND BE SAFE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.