SCHOOL SAFETY UPDATES - SUMMER 2018 - Superintendent Bill Husfelt Bay District Schools
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“Let us think of education as the means of
developing our greatest abilities, because in each of
us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled,
can be translated into benefit for everyone and
greater strength for our nation.”
John F. Kennedy
SCHOOL SAFETY UPDATES – SUMMER 2018
Superintendent Bill Husfelt
Bay District Schools
YOU HEAR ARMED GUARDS … WE SEE THIS!
1. Beginning in August, every school will have an armed, paid
security officer. Our secondary schools are covered by the
Bay County Sheriff’s Office. Our elementary schools will
be secured by members of our own police department run
by Safety and Security Chief Mike Jones.
2. The mission and vision is SAFETY for all, but in our elementary
schools, we want to build relationships first and make sure that all
of our students know that school is a safe place.
3. We do have a few employees who completed the VERY
RIGOROUS training program offered by the BCSO to become
Aaron Feis Guardians. We won’t disclose who or where, but rest
assured they are WELL TRAINED.
4. “See Something, Say Something” is so important to school safety
and we depend upon, and appreciate, all members of our
community who assist us in maintaining the safety of our students.
TODAY’S SAD REALITY CHECK
A NECESSARY CHANGE IN PRIORITIES …
If you asked us a few years ago about our priorities, we would have said we strive
to provide all students with a solid foundation, as many academic opportunities as
possible, strong relationships with adult role models and to keep them safe.
Today, if you asked us the same question, you would get a different answer. All of
those things are still important but we have our minds on one single goal:
SAFETY
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ACT
Permits a sheriff to establish a Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program.
The legislation allows school districts the decision to participate in the guardian program if it is available in their county.
A guardian must complete 132 hours of comprehensive firearm safety and proficiency training, pass a psychological evaluation,
pass drug tests and complete certified diversity training. The Guardian Program is named after Coach Aaron Feis, who lost his
life protecting students during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The Guardian Program is completely
voluntary for a sheriff to establish, for a school district to participate and for an individual to join.
Individuals who exclusively perform classroom duties as classroom teachers are excluded from participating in a Coach Aaron
Feis Guardian Program. However, this limitation does not apply to classroom teachers of a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps program, a current service member or a current or former law enforcement officer.
Creates the mental health assistance allocation to assist school districts in establishing or expanding
school-based mental health care.
WITH THAT IN MIND … Your School Board members recently voted to take out a $5 million loan that will allow us to “fast track” a five year “school hardening” plan. We hope to complete the projects in approximately 12-18 months as a result of the loan instead of the initial five year projection. Some safety projects are being funded by the loan while others are funded by proceeds from the half-cent sales tax which is up for renewal in August of this year. This is not a new tax, simply a renewal of an existing tax.
SO WHAT’S THE FIRST STEP? Early in June, Board members voted to spend more than $500,000 on “controlled access point” projects at Rutherford High School and Tyndall Elementary School to begin this rapid phase of construction and remodeling. A “controlled access point” project simply means remodeling the front office to ensure a single point of entry.
SCHOOL HARDENING REQUIRES CREATIVITY
School
Design teams We don’t want “hardening” has
are working our schools to become a Security
feel like prisons
to develop BUT we have
frequently-used features are
buzzword and
innovative several campuses
it’s changing the embedded
solutions to which were
signed to be way we design in all new
these OPEN and must new projects.
questions. now be secured. construction
and renovation.
WE DO HAVE SOME GREAT EXAMPLES ALREADY
Lucille Moore
Elementary
School
ADA ACCESSIBLE DOOR SYSTEMS ARE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT
VIEW FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT OFFICE OF LUCILLE MOORE
A GREAT EXAMPLE OF OUR CHALLENGES • Sitting beside major roads • Classrooms accessible to the outside • Front office is not secure
MOWAT SITS AT THE CORNER OF TWO MAJOR ROADS
MOWAT’S CURRENT FRONT ENTRANCE
A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF AN OPEN HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS
THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF J.R. ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL
J.R. ARNOLD STREET VIEW
J.R. ARNOLD FRONT ENTRANCE / OFFICE
WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW WON’T WORK Metal detectors Barbed wire fences around the perimeter Bullet-proof shelters in the classrooms
OTHER SCHOOLS THAT NEED SECURITY UPDATES/RENOVATIONS
Merritt Brown Middle School (built in 1988)
Tommy Smith Elementary School
Patronis Elementary School
Callaway Elementary School (new building to address expanding student population)
Deane Bozeman School (new building to address expanding student population)
For a full list of proposed half-cent sales tax projects please email BDScomm@bay.k12.fl.usPROJECTS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR CHARTERS AS WELL Rising Leaders: Renovate cafeteria and restrooms. Palm Bay Elementary & Palm Bay Prep Academy: New kitchen and cafeteria with science rooms and restrooms. Palm Bay Elementary: New PE pavilion. University Academy: New structure for PE and adjacent sports fields. Bay Haven: Renovations and expansions to include lunchroom, kitchen, band and choir areas. Additional classroom and computer lab space also under consideration along with some new construction of facilities to support extra-curricular activities. North Bay Haven: Additional infrastructure improvements to support extra-curricular activities. Eventual acquisition of land for construction of a fine arts center.
MERRITT BROWN AERIAL VIEW • Safety-related front office renovations • Perimeter safety updates • Drainage issues • Parking improvements
MERRITT BROWN’S FRONT OFFICE IS NOT A SECURE ENTRANCE
TOMMY SMITH DRONE SHOT • Perimeter fencing • Additional security measures for after-school programs • HVAC upgrades
PERIMETER SECURITY AND NEEDED RENOVATIONS
PERIMETER SAFETY ISSUES TO FIX
WE HAVE AGING FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THAT
NEED SOME RENOVATION/SERIOUS ATTENTION
• Classroom upgrades
• HVAC upgrades
• Corrosion issues
• New roof coatingTHERE ARE LOTS OF AREAS LIKE THIS TO BE ADDRESSED
ARTIST’S RENDERING OF THE NEWLY-RENOVATED CALLAWAY
OTHER PROJECTS … DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOL
RENOVATIONS AT BAY HIGH SCHOOL
Bay High will be the home of the new Barbara W. Nelson Fine Arts Center.
Along with this construction project, we plan to completely renovate the administrative
buildings to restore them to the vintage, red brick facade they originally had. We
believe this will have a HUGE positive impact on the Harrison Avenue corridor.
Bay High will also get a state-of-the-art STEM Building and a facelift to the existing
quadrangle at the center of the campus.ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING OF BAY HIGH SCHOOL’S ADMIN BUILDING AND FINE ARTS CENTER
VIEW FROM THE HARRISON AVENUE SIDE
THE HALF-CENT SALES TAX ALSO FUNDS …
“It’s amazing to see the way that
TECHNOLOGY: our kids have integrated the Chromebooks
into their lives. You can see them before school,
More than 6,000 Chromebooks have been purchased for our and after school, gathered together working on
middle school students. Every 3-4 years these items must be
assignments and so many of them have told
upgraded/replaced.
me that they are using the Chromebooks to
communicate with their teachers outside of the
school day. In my 24 years as a school administrator,
the incorporation of the Chromebook as a learning
tool is the one initiative that has changed the way
students learn and teachers teach.”
Britt Smith
Principal, Jinks Middle SchoolA FEW MISCONCEPTIONS
This is not a NEW Projects are not funded based on a popularity
contest nor are they funded based on Half-cent sales tax money
CANNOT be utilized for salaries,
half-cent sales tax … favoritism. The Citizens Oversight Committee
ensures expenditures are within the required additional personnel, textbooks or
simply an continuation guidelines. Priority is given, of course, to safety
and security issues and to funding classroom supplies. It CAN be used
for technology, infrastructure,
of an existing half-cent improvements that have district-wide impact
(such as the technology improvements made construction, renovation and
sales tax. during the early part of the current 10-year
cycle).
safety/security projects.AS PROMISED, WE’VE HELD THE LOCAL MILLAGE DOWN THANKS
(IN PART) TO THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM THE HALF-CENT TAX
2018-2019 2017-2018 Difference
Projected Un-weighted FTE 27,598 27,669 (71)
Base Student Allocation $ 4,204.42 $ 4,203.95 $ 0.47
Required Local Effort Tax Millage 4.084 4.303 (0.219)
Discretionary Local Effort Tax Millage 0.748 0.748 0.000
Capital Improvement Fund Tax Millage 1.290 1.290 0.000
Total Tax Millage 6.122 6.341 (0.219)#YOURHALFCENTS #OURBIGCHANGE
Current projects being considered add up to an excess of $100 million.
The projects presented in this presentation are not in any particular order and do not represent ALL of the
pending projects, just some of the most pressing ones.
The Oversight Committee reviews and approves all expenditures of half-cent sales tax funds.
BDS Facilities Department is working closely with BCSO and BDS Safety and Security Office to address any
outstanding security concerns as well as to review any new equipment options on the market.
Approximately 17 million tourists pay the majority of the sales tax collected.You can also read
