School safety discussed at FCISD board meeting

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A door at Floydada Collegiate ISD's secondary campus. (Ryan Crowe/FCR)

FLOYDADA – Thursday’s Floydada Collegiate ISD board meeting opened with a prayer for the Uvalde community from member Eric Smith and wrapped with board president Roger Hughes asking Superintendent Gilbert Trevino to “dig in a little deeper” to a proposal on campus security.

The regularly-scheduled meeting, the first since the May 24 shooting in Uvalde, discussed resignations, hires, and concerns over rising fuel costs for the district. But during the Superintendent’s Report the topic of school security came up. Dr. Trevino laid out Floydada’s current active shooter training and the ongoing need to review it. “When something like that happens you put yourself in the place of what the staff in Uvalde had to go through… You think it won’t happen here, but I guarantee they didn’t either.”

One proposal Trevino asked the board members was about their support for arming teachers and specific staff, which was met with strong approval. He explained it would not be every teacher, and those that do would go through an extensive psychological evaluation and proper training. Trevino mentioned Floydada Police Department also employs a School Resource Officer, but they cover both campuses and patrol city streets during the day, so having additional layers of protection of the students is ideal.

If the district does decide to move toward arming teachers and staff, signs stating that would be placed on campuses as a deterrent. “They go where no one is armed,” observed Smith when discussing mass shooters.

As Thursday’s discussion was only preliminary in nature, no action was taken, but as the board showed its support, Trevino will now move forward in looking into the plan.

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