Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The Central Bucks School Board on Tuesday formally approved new buzz-in entry systems for the district's 23 schools.
The Central Bucks School Board on Tuesday night approved the installation of new buzz-in security systems at all the district's schools. The vote was a formality. School administrators began the process while schools were closed for the holidays, installing a test system at Linden Elementary School in Doylestown Borough. Since then, the systems have been installed at six or seven of the district's 23 schools, Superintendent Dr. Rodney Green said Tuesday night. The remaining elementary and middle schools are expected to be finished by the end of next week, he said. The seven school board members present at Tuesday's meeting voted unanimously in favor of the project. "I was thrilled about the buzzer system," said Tyler Tomlinson, who …
Central Bucks is moving forward with a plan to secure the entrances to its schools.
In the wake of the massacre at a Connecticut grade school in December, parents, teachers and school administrators across the country turned their thoughts, again, to school security. In Central Bucks, new superintendent Dr. Rodney Green and school board members reviewed the district's approach to security and decided to make some changes. Those changes will be discussed at the Central Bucks school board meeting Tuesday night. Among them is a new secure entryway system now being installed at the district's elementary and middle schools. The new entry system that requires visitors to be buzzed into the buildings was installed at Linden Elementary School in Doylestown Borough during the holiday vacation, according to the report Green plans …
Monday, December 17, 2012
'Hide them,' Doylestown Borough Police Chief says, outlining ways to protect children from a shooter, and 'defend them, if you have to.'
As the nation continues to mourn the murders of 20 children and six staff members at a Connecticut school, Doylestown Borough Police are refreshing their school response plans. The department on Monday said it is in the process of updaing information about all of the schools in the borough, including floor plans, schematics and evacuation routes. "We work closely with the school district," Police Chief Jim Donnelly said Monday night. "The computers in the (police) cars will have the floor plans, so when we pull up to a school, we know what room we're looking at." The department also plans to add day care centers and private kindergartens in the borough to its list of schools, Donnelly said. Officers started on Monday visiting the five or …
Susan M
9:05 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
This is a great idea. Council Rock should consider this, esp since we had a recent scare. Although it would not prevent a student smuggling in weapons while arriving for his normal day. Every added security measure we can do is worth the cost. Also love the panic buttone idea for the main office. more ›