Superintendent McKnight limits bathroom access during lunch. What other "additional support" is McKnight implementing??? #security #bodyworncameras

School Restrooms

Safety measures for school restrooms are currently being examined with input from students, staff and parents. Our restrooms must be safe places for students and cannot be places where activities that violate our code of conduct, such as drug and tobacco use, occur.

Schools are making sure restrooms are checked regularly and monitored throughout the day so they can continue to be available for use as intended. Latches are being installed on exterior restroom doors in secondary schools to ensure doors remain open. During transition periods and more unstructured times, like before school, after school and lunch periods, schools may limit access to designated restrooms. Staff are increasing the frequency of their visual monitoring and checks inside restrooms throughout the school day, in between class periods and during lunch periods. These measures, along with additional support from the Department of Systemwide Safety and Emergency, are being implemented to enhance the level of security students feel. Schools will continue to keep this as a priority.

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) (montgomeryschoolsmd.org)

Officials: Body cameras in schools aren’t a big deal

Parents shouldn’t be alarmed by police officers wearing body cameras in local schools, Montgomery County Councilman Craig Rice says.
There’s already a slew of cameras in the buildings, capturing images of students and staff on school property.
At a meeting of the Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee, Brian Acken, the police department’s director of information management and technology, said the images captured on body cameras are uploaded to a secure site....

 http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2015/10/officials-body-cameras-in-schools-arent-a-big-deal/

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