Purpose
The Board recognizes the need to maintain security of school facilities. Toward
this end, a program of building security shall be administered by the Superintendent
or designee with the cooperation of the individual building principals. The
need for access shall be the underlying principle in determining who shall
have keys to school properties.
Authority
The Superintendent or designee shall determine, in accordance
with these guidelines, who will be entitled to building(s) keys and who
may have after hours access to the facilities of this district.
Delegation of Responsibility
Access to school buildings and grounds may be established by the Superintendent
or designee in accordance with the following:
- Unlimited Access
a. the Superintendent
b. the Business Manager
c. the District Administrators
- Limited Access
a. Building
principals to their assigned building
b. Assistant Principals
to their assigned building
c. Head building
custodians to their assigned building
Possession of keys shall be in accordance with the following:
- A log of
key assignments shall be maintained by the office of the Superintendent
or other designated office.
- Duplicate keys unassigned
shall be maintained in a safe or a secured box.
- Individuals assigned
keys may not duplicate or loan them.
- All keys must be surrendered
when there is no longer a need or upon request of the Superintendent.
- The loss of a key must be reported to the Superintendent or his/her
designee upon discovery.
- Overnight key loans
may be made by request to the Superintendent or his or her designee.
- Use of keys for unauthorized purposes will be cause for surrender
of keys and replacement of affected locks.
- A set of master keys
and/or duplicates of keys shall be kept in the custody of the Superintendent
or his/her designee.
After hours entry to school buildings shall be controlled in accordance
with these rules:
- The building custodian
on duty shall restrict entry to one controlled point.
- Entry to a school
building shall be prohibited when a person authorized as representative
for the building is not present.
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