Committee hears update on school safety camera presentations to neighboring county

During the Education Personnel Committee meeting, a staff member said the agency will roll out a new website in the next few weeks and will present information about flat cameras deployed at Morris schools to another county’s safety and security team. “We worked with the the city of Morris and the county on flat cameras for the Morris schools. You may have seen that in the news. So we're going to go ahead and present that to our other county as well so that way they have more information on that,” the staff member said. She characterized the presentations as a step toward making schools in both counties safer. The staff member framed the website rollout as a tool to help participating districts and the public find information more easily. No formal action or funding decision for camera installations was taken at the meeting; the item was presented as information and upcoming outreach. Discussion: staff provided status of safety and security work and planned outreach to other counties. Direction: staff to present camera information to the neighboring county and proceed with the website launch. Decision: none formal; informational update only.