1. VISTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
CAMPUS SAFETY
and
SECURITY REVIEW
Jeff Geyer
Safety & Environmental Manager
Business Services Department

2. GOALS
• Establish District wide Standardized Protocols for
Safety, Security and Crisis Management to ensure the
Safety of our Students, Employees and Visitors.
• Establish Standard Criteria for a Secure Campus to be
used by the Facilities Committee as an aid to Master
Facilities Plan prioritization.
• Prepare VUSD for Grant Funding associated with
Federal & State Safety & Security Programs.

3. GUIDING IDEAS
DETERRENCE BALANCE
Provide secure campus Provide secure campus
causing the calculating access while
‘bad guy’ to find our maintaining a warm and
campuses inconvenient, inviting atmosphere for
therefore undesirable. student learning.

4. GATHERING STAKEHOLDER INPUT
• Site meetings Elementary, Middle & High Schools
• School Safety Committee
• Law Enforcement
• Fire / EMS Services
• District Service Departments
• Before/After School Programs
• Preschool
• City Traffic Engineering Departments
• Keenan & Associates

5. EVERY VUSD CAMPUS
IS BEING REVIEWED IN THESE AREAS:
• Comprehensive Safe School Plan
• Security Protocols
• Perimeter Fencing
• Classroom Door Locking Systems
• Communication Systems
• Fire Alarm Systems
• Traffic & Parking

6. COMPREHENSIVE SAFE SCHOOL PLAN
In close collaboration with Student Support Services
every site plan in its entirety is currently under review.
This review focuses on the following sections within the plan:
• Emergency Action Plan
• Security Protocols
• Bullying / Harassment
• Strategies to address a safe & orderly environment
• Crisis Response
• Safe Ingres & Egress
• Law Enforcement, Fire & EMS review

7. PERIMETER FENCING / SECURITY CAMERAS
• 100,000 + feet of perimeter fencing
• 200 + gates
• 75% is 8’ high
• 22 Cameras spread over 5 sites
• Facilities Master Plan
• Overlapping and Seamless Collaboration

8. SECURITY PROTOCOLS
• ID Badges
• Goal of all VUSD employees to be issued and wear a VUSD ID Badge.
• First phase complete by March 31, 2013: All district level employees.
 Maintain Secure Perimeter
 Visitor sign-in and Visitor Badges
 Our schools have an average of 15 visitors each day entering campus.
 Additional 15 visitors to school office who do not enter campus.
 Emergency Exercises /Drills
 After School Programs
 Classroom Door Lock Systems
 Lock Bloks for every classroom door in the District .

10. COMMUNICATION
• Intercom Systems
• Walkie-Talkies (on site)
• Emergency telephones (RED Ephones)
• Back up All-Call programing
• All-Call systems for ASC/Facilities/Trans &North Ave
• District Leadership Team Communication Protocol
• District Emergency Radios and Transportation Dispatch Center
• Regional Communication System (RCS)

12. FIRE & INTRUSION ALARM SYSTEMS
• All Fire Alarm Systems are being inspected and certified by an outside agency
with oversight by Vista & Oceanside Fire Departments
• Annual Fire Department Inspections currently underway
• Intrusion Detection Systems are being reviewed for asset protection

13. TRAFFIC, PARKING & PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
• Traffic patterns leading into and out of all schools are under review in partnership
with the Cities of Vista & Oceanside Traffic Engineers.
• Reviewing the Crossing Guard Programs with the Cities of Vista & Oceanside

14. KEENAN & ASSOCIATES
Comprehensive Security Review of Every Campus
• Perimeter Fencing and Campus Access
• Visitor policy
• Security Cameras
• Exterior Lighting
Keenan will provide a report with findings and recommendations.

15. VUSD SCHOOLS ARE SAFE
EVERY VUSD School:
• Has a Comprehensive Safe School Plan (Emergency Action Plan)
• Maintains a secure perimeter
• Has a visitor sign-in protocol
• Has an operational Fire Alarm system
• Has an operational Communication system
THANK YOU