Celina ISD safety panel to review door-audit follow-up due to the state Oct. 30 and a districtwide vulnerability audit set for Nov. 17

Celina ISD's Safety and Security Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, to go over a list of recently finished campus safety projects and the dates for the next round of security reviews, according to an agenda the district posted Thursday.

The first item is an update on the Texas Education Agency door audit. The agenda lays out three steps: high school training that was completed Oct. 9, an update to the school board at its Monday, Oct. 26 meeting, and information that is due to TEA on Friday, Oct. 30. The agenda does not say what the audit found.

The board's Oct. 26 agenda lists a summary of findings from an intruder detection audit as a closed-session item.

Work already done

Five projects are listed as completed:

safety film in a gaming room
speed bumps under the skywalk
roll-up doors at the indoor facility
a camera upgrade
roof hatches that have been secured

The agenda does not name the campuses involved or give costs.

What comes next

The committee will also discuss a districtwide vulnerability audit scheduled for Nov. 17 and a reunification tabletop exercise planned for spring 2027. The agenda gives no detail on either beyond the name and timing.

The last item is the district's new command center, which the agenda labels "Operational 8/26." No other description is attached.

All of the items fall under an "Information Items" heading on the agenda. The meeting is at the district's SOC building, 507 E. Malone St., according to the district's BoardBook listing.

Sources

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