MEMORANDUM

TO: Board Members

FROM: Pedro E. Garcia, Ed.D.

DATE: May 11, 2007

RE: Board Letter – May 11, 2007

RALPH THOMPSON, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT SERVICES

Attached is our Summary of Security Initiatives for the 2006-2007 school year. Highlights of the report include the following:

• Additional and new types of school searches
• Additional cameras installed
• Nearing completion of the installation of the remote/release phone system in all schools
• Sixty-three SROs for Middle and High Schools, one Lieutenant, and six Sergeants provided by Metropolitan Police Department
• Continuation of presentations to schools, faculties, PTA
s/PTOs, students and community groups on safety issues including discipline, gangs, and attendance
• Daytime security investigators spot patrol the school district
• Patrol of various bus stops after school
• Increased number of campus supervisors
• Organized TMAC (Teens Making a Change) – more than 30 members representing all zoned high schools
• Olewus Bullying Program in some schools

The attached report also contains Exterior Door Counts for High Schools and the CCTV Camera Inventory.

PEG/jw

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