The 'New Normal:' D161 on School Security
The district superintendent and school board discussed how best to keep Summit Hill students safe at a board meeting Wednesday.
Only a few weeks after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., the Summit Hill School District 161 Board of Education discussed the district’s Safe Schools Program at a meeting Wednesday evening. “It made it just more obvious that we need to put something more in place,” said Board President Mary Kenny, in a follow up interview with Patch. Superintendent Barb Rains is currently in the process of collecting information, suggestions and parent input concerning school safety. Rains met with the Tinley Park Police Department in December -- the same month that two escaped convicts were seen in Tinley Park and the father of three district students was charged with the murder of their mother. She spoke with the police about the need for timely …
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Anna Schier
10:59 am on Friday, January 11, 2013
Hi Spring 2013, I just wanted to clarify a couple things. The district has had a safety plan in place since 1999. It is evaluated on a yearly basis, and that's what the board was discussing Wednesday night. Also, it was my choice to use the phrase "security systems" when paraphrasing Kenny's quote -- I'm not certain that that was the exact phrase that she used. Thank you for reading Patch, Anna more ›