Crime & Safety
I-Team: 1 In 7 North Texas School Intruder Audits Had A "Finding" But Most Not For Unlocked Exterior Doors
Districts told the I-Team on average more than 40% of their campuses have so far had a surprise audit.
April 1, 2023
FORT WORTH – State inspectors have tried gaining access to hundreds of North Texas schools as a part of a surprise intruder audit program ordered by Governor Greg Abbott after the Uvalde school shooting. So far, more than 95% of the time inspectors found the schools' exterior doors to be closed and locked.
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The CBS News Texas I-Team reached out to more than 40 North Texas school districts to see how local schools have so far fared with the unannounced audits. For the past six months, trained state inspectors have been conducting thousands of surprise audits at schools across Texas.
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Last spring, an 18-year-old gunman walked into Robb Elementary School in Uvalde through an unlocked door before fatally shooting 19 students and two teachers. After the shooting, Abbott ordered the Texas School Safety Center to double-check that schools across the state are locking doors.
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