Board Report August 2024

resources related violations. Such things as negotiations and property issues are not included in the Plan even though there are clear risk and liability issues.

Police Services Security is a major public school issue. Nationally and locally, schools have had significant security breaches endangering students, employees and others. The District has had to prohibit parents and others from their facilities due to inappropriate behavior. To assist administrators maintain security and safety at its facilities, a full-time on-duty Pontiac Police Department officer is assigned to District schools as School Resource Officers (SRO) as available based upon staffing levels. Specific police services are also arranged from the Pontiac Police Department to provide for the safety of people using District facilities at specific athletic, dance, and other events that require traffic and crowd control. Security, Surveillance and Communications In addition to Police Services, the District takes other actions to secure its facilities. The entrances to all facilities are locked and monitored and building security systems. Security cameras are installed at facilities and on all buses, and video records are stored for a reasonable period of time. When the District purchases a large number of technology or other items, special plans are developed to monitor their delivery and distribution to control against loss. The District maintains several systems to help it identify and address bullying, discrimination, and other inappropriate student behavior as well as to identify students at risk of harm to themselves or others, including an on-line report (anonymous reports) and e-mail monitoring. In its response to various incidents, the District has learned the value of maintaining emergency communications procedures and equipment to manage emergencies and crisis and to notify and communicate with appropriate authorities, the press, parents and the community. Personnel, Safety Assignments The Superintendent and other District administrators are responsible for the development and implementation of the overall risk management program but all employees bear some responsibility for this risk management program. Among other things, all staff should be aware of the program, act in a safe manner, anticipate and report any safety issues, refer injured to nurse or other medical or emergency service, supervise where necessary, and help provide a safe environment for everyone. Various administrators and staff are primarily responsible for specific aspects of the plan. In general, the District and its employees act in loco parentis (105 ILCS 5/24-24) for students who are under their supervision at school. Job descriptions identify special duties and responsibilities to control and manage risk and loss, including those associated with student accidents and behavior. While the District has reviewed the minimum time devoted by staff to such activities and has identified this in the Plan, the Program is not designed around pre existing responsibilities of employees. Rather, it is designed around specific tasks performed by specific employees that were selected to address, reduce, or eliminate specific potential exposures identified in the development of the Plan. Initially, to make implementation of the Plan as efficient as possible, a percent of salary was developed based on the minimum time

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