Panic Buttons Part of Santa Fe ISD Security Upgrades

SANTA FE, TX -- School board trustees at Santa Fe ISD approved several security changes for Santa Fe High School that will be implemented before the start of the school.

The changes come nearly two months after a 17-year-old gunman shot 23 people inside the school near the art classroom, killing 10.

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Those security upgrades include:

• Special locks installed in all Santa Fe High School classrooms
• Panic buttons/alarms for all Santa Fe High School classrooms
• Remodel the front entrance that includes a locked security vestibule with bulletproof glass that includes space for metal detectors.
• Close off the are where the shooting occurred, and relocate those offices and classrooms.

Those changes will cost just over $1 million, KTRK reported.

Last week Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced that he was donating 10 metal detectors to Santa Fe ISD so the district could update the security of its entry ways.

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Patrtick's donation was contingent upon approval by the Santa Fe ISD school board.

A special safety committee formed after the shooting will likely consider the measure of adding metal detectors at a Thursday night meeting, KPRC reported.

Trustees didn't consider metal detectors, but will address the issue at a meeting planned next month.

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