ARE WE There Yet? On the Road to School Safety - Yolo County Grand Jury 2022-23 Consolidated Report

Recommendations 2

• R1
  The Grand Jury recommends WJUSD responded that in the Although the due date for The Security Camera Audit was that, prior to the start of the 2024- Spring of 2023, an outside vendor implementation of this conducted in the Spring of 2023. 25 school year, each school was hired to conduct a Security recommendation is not until the district identify additional Camera Audit. beginning of the 2024- 25 school Based on the results of the audit, hardening approaches and year, the Grand Jury is requesting a three-phase implementation was develop a plan to further protect In addition, a Capital Improvement a status report as to what the developed. areas of its schools that remain Plan was approved to address District has done to date towards vulnerable. fencing improvements and other the implementation of this As of March 2024, phase 1 of the security aspects to the campuses recommendation. implementation has been completed and we are initializing the 2nd phase. The Capital Improvement Plan to address fencing and other security measures on the campuses will begin this summer with 4 school sites undergoing fencing projects.
• R4
  Prior to the start of the 2024- WJUSD responded: Although the due date for As of April 2024 all but one of our 25 school year, each school implementation of this secondary sites has received level district should require and “In collaboration with the recommendation is not until the 2 of the Alert, Lockdown, Inform, document that training related to Woodland Police Department beginning of the 2024- 25 school Counter, and Evacuate (ALICE) threats of violence is completed by (WPD) during the 2023-24 school year, the Grand Jury is requesting training. We are scheduled for the its teachers (regular and year, all secondary school sites in a status report as to what the final site to be trained before the substitute), staff and the District will receive level 2 of District has done to date towards beginning of the 24-25 school administrators every Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, the implementation of this year. and Evacuate (ALICE) training.” recommendation. For our elementary sites- we are “Additionally, all elementary school still in the process of training and sites and other district staff will have 10 of our 12 elementary sites have received by the 2023-24 trained in level 1 of ALICE. To be school year, the level 1 training for noted - these trainings are on a ALICE.” rotating basis of every three years. The final 2 elementary sites will be trained next year along with the sites that will be due for training updates.