Pierre School Board Gets Update On District Safety As School Year Begins

Pierre School Board Gets Update On District Safety As School Year Begins

PIERRE, (KCCR) — School safety is becoming as important to a child’s education as books, computers and teachers. The Pierre School District has a school safety coordinator to focus on keeping the District’s facilities secure. Todd Johnson says new signage has been installed to help kids find their way…

Around 18 new signs have been placed around Riggs. Johnson also attended a recent conference with School Resource Officer Jacob Harlow…

Johnson says it’s time the District, on the whole, looks at safety system wide…

Board chairman Randy Hartmann agrees with Johnson that while progress with safety in the District has been made ,he supports an updated threat assessment be conducted for the District.