Clear Creek ISD Safety Committee Considers Options For 2018-19

CLEAR LAKE, TX -- Just a few miles from Santa Fe High School, members of the Clear Creek ISD safety committee are making recommendations to ensure the safety of their own students in 2018-2019, and those recommendations won't include armed teachers or metal detectors at their campuses.

The committee instead will recommend the hiring of 15 additional campus security officers, hiring 15 student support counselors, as well as implementing other security measures.

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However, the preliminary recommendations will be presented during a public hearing that will be held on July 16 at 6 p.m. at Clear Springs High School.

According to a Houston Chronicle report the other safety options that will be discussed include:

• The addition of door locks on all classrooms
• Installing panic buttons
• Limiting access points into the campuses
• Replacing outdated surveillance cameras
• Installing bullet-proof glass in some areas
• Developing site plans for each campus

Clear Creek ISD began forming the safety committee two weeks after a 17-year-old gunman shot 23 people inside Santa Fe High School on May 18.

Committee members began weekly meetings in June to come up with a viable list of safety options to present to the Clear Lake community, and Clear Creek ISD's board of trustees.

Click the link to learn more about the CCISD safety committee.

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