Safety and Security Planning Committee

Purpose(s)/Goal:

• Develop technical safety & security standards for BPS facilities.
• Recommend safety & security projects so each facility aligns with district standards.

Basis for Establishment: 

• School safety is of paramount importance, and best practices continually evolve.
• Recommend plan for BPS to dedicate resources to ongoing school security facility & technological needs.
• Ask that a community committee come together to:
  • Review a technical security standard for BPS facilities.
  • Develop a process to determine priorities and implement a plan for facility security upgrades to the built environment.

Decision-Making Process: 

• Recommendations will be presented to the superintendent.

Plan of Work and Timeline:

Meet monthly between January - May 2025

Responsibilities: 

• Review and revise BPS school safety technical standards.
• Develop vision/mission statement for BPS school safety.
• Evaluate each facility in regard to standards; recommend priorities.
• Review prioritization process: using facility modification review system to address safety needs as they arise.
• Develop a four-year spending plan for capital levy dollars dedicated to safety & security.
• Identify future bond & levy funding priorities.