At Wednesday’s Southold School Board meeting, member Brian Tobin recalled when Southold alumni admitted to entering the high school building through the back doors in years past.
“That was back when they were students,” he said. “I know we had discussed putting alarms onto the doors so if they’re opened the office gets notified.” READ
A number of East End schools have police officers posted outside as a result of an unconfirmed social media threat that may have originated in western Long Island and some schools are on lockout — where no one is allowed in the building without proper identification. READ
The Southold School District plans to hire a full-time security guard, the first in the district’s century-old history. READ
Within hours of the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., students who had seen their friends gunned down began demanding change. These students’ voices, which have the earmarks of a budding national movement, may very well herald the start of the kind of discussion that must happen in America about the “right” to own military-style firearms, and gun control in general. READ
Southold High School. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file)
Southold school officials are looking into new security features like scanning visitors’ driver’s licenses and installing exterior cameras in an effort to enhance safety throughout the district.
TIM KELLY FILE PHOTO | The district is looking into getting a camera to help improve school security at the front of the building.
The New Suffolk Common School District is looking into getting a camera to improve school security at the building’s front entrance.
At last night’s regular board meeting, superintendent Michael Comanda said the district has priced out a camera system, which would be installed to provide the school receptionist a clear view of the school’s front doors.
The school already has two security cameras overlooking the backyard playground area. School president Tony Dill said the school would like an additional view of the front during school hours.
In other school news, Nicole Pollina, the school’s English and social studies teacher, will be going on a three-month maternity leave following the winter break.
Longtime physical education teacher Peggy Straub, who’s part-time, will be replacing Ms. Pollina during leave, and the board has appointed Amy Green, a physical education teacher, to fill the vacated part-time position. Ms. Green will be receiving a total of $2,400 for the three-month leave replacement.
The superintendent also appointed a new part-time English second language teacher Sandra Rosanti to help students for one hour a week every Wednesday, at a rate of $50 an hour.
The district is also looking for a part-time music teacher. The school’s current teacher, Deanna Beyer, has accepted a full-time position at The Ross School in East Hampton.