Last week Gov. Abbott announced the names of the six people he appointed to lead the School Safety Center Board including three from DFW.
was created by the legislature in 1999 and is based out of Texas State University in San Marcos where it serves as a central clearing house for everything to do with school safety. It also provides training, research and technical assistance regarding school security.
With his perspective as a school board member, Flores said he's also able to give feedback regarding the random school building inspections the Texas School Safety Center is conducting per the request of Gov. Abbott in response to the"We've been doing these audits, and I've been able to provide direct feedback to the School Safety Center about what the effectiveness of those audits," said Flores.
"It was providing some of that feedback of what's really happening on the ground and how we can make the audits more effective," said Flores.“He'll be a good representative for Dallas ISD, he has good ideas and I appreciate him being willing to serve again because it is so vitally important," said Rena Honea theIn a broader context, Honea said when it comes to school security, she wants state lawmakers to provide more funding.
She said she would like to see more hall monitors, security officers, and Dallas ISD Police officers.
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