Schools

Fulton Schools Looking at Buzzer Security System

If approved next week, installing additional security measures at all schools could start in November.

The Fulton County Board of Education is expected to vote next week on a contract to install locked door buzzer security systems in all schools. 

At a board work session Tuesday, the board reviewed details of the proposed contract, which calls for spending $426,765 of eSPLOST funds. 

The contract, which is on next Tuesday's board business meeting agenda, would be awarded to Kratos Public Safety & Security Solutions Inc.

“The conversation around school safety has intensified over the past year and we looked at how we could improve and make our schools safer,” Fulton Superintendent Robert Avossa said in a statement. “With their video and audio monitoring capabilities, these access systems will give our schools an added layer of security.”

If approved, the new system would be installed beginning in November starting with elementary schools, and concluding by the end of the school year. 

Also on Tuesday, the board reviewed items to be included in the district's fiscal year capital outlay application to the state department of education, which totals $30.6 million. The following projects would be funded with the money, contingent upon legislature approval:

  • New Elementary in West Roswell (new facility)
  • New Elementary in East Point (new facility)
  • Autrey Mill Middle School (classroom addition)
  • Crabapple Middle School (classroom addition)
  • Hopewell Middle School (classroom addition)
  • Taylor Road Middle School (classroom addition, renovations/modifications)
  • Sandy Springs Middle School (classroom addition)
  • Cambridge High School (career and technology addition)
  • Banneker High School (career and technology addition) 
  • Creekside High School (renovations/modifications)
  • Haynes Bridge Middle School (renovations)
  • Chattahoochee High School (renovations/modifications)
  • Dolvin Elementary School (renovations/modifications)
  • Roswell High School (renovations/modifications)
  • Parklane Elementary School (renovations)
  • North Springs Charter High School (renovations/modifications)
  • Seaborn Lee Elementary School (renovations)
  • Brookview Elementary School (renovations/modifications)
  • Woodland Elementary School(renovations/modifications)

More on the school board's work session agenda can be found here


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