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Safety & Security

Colonial has made several investments in our efforts to ensure safety and security for our students, staff, and families in the past several years. Please read below to learn more about some of those items we have implemented.

 

Security Cameras

2019-2021

  • Carrie Downie Interior  &  Exterior  Locations
  • Castle Hills Interior  &  Exterior  Locations
  • Eisenberg Interior  &  Exterior  Locations
  • Pleasantville Interior  &  Exterior  Locations
  • New Castle Interior  &  Exterior  Locations
  • Southern Interior  &  Exterior  Locations
  • Wilbur Interior  &  Exterior  Locations
  • Wilmington Manor Interior  &  Exterior  Locations
  • Leach Interior  &  Exterior  Locations
  • McCullough Interior  &  Exterior  Locations
  • Gunning Bedford Interior  &  Exterior  Locations
  • George Read Interior  &  Exterior  Locations

William Penn

  • August 2021 Phase 1: Exterior Locations
  • January 2022 Phase 2:  Interior  &  Exterior Locations

Wallin (N3)

  1. March 2019 Phase 1: Exterior Locations
  2. May 2022 Phase 2: Interior Locations

Operations Center

  1. May 2021 Phase 1: Interior  &  Exterior Locations
  2. April 2022 Phase 2: Bus Yard & Parking Lot

Data Service Center/Center for Leadership and Learning

  • September 2022 Interior  &  Exterior Locations

ALICE Training

  • 2019-2020 All School Personnel
  • 2021-2022 Current staff refresher & New Personnel

Repeater/Communication Upgrades

  • March 2019
    McCullough:
    Repeater Installed & Radio Upgrade
  • May 2019
    Gunning Bedford  &  Southern:
    Repeater Installed & Radio Upgrade
  • December 2019
    Wilbur:
    Repeater Installed & Radio Upgrade
  • March 2020
    George Read:
    Repeater Installed & Radio Upgrade
  • August 2021
    Leach  &  Colwyck:
    Repeater Installed  &  Radio Upgrade

Security Fencing

  • April 2020
    Pleasantville:
    PlayGround with Secure Egress Gates
  • July 2020
    Leach & Colwyck:
    Playground with Automatic Gates
  • April 2022
    Castle Hills:
    Playground Fence with  Secure Egress Gates
  • August 2020
    New Castle:
    Front black fence with Entrance Gate
  • December 2021
    Gunning Bedford:
    Secured Greenhouse

KNOX Boxes

  • January 2022 All Locations

Stop-It Application

  • October 2019 All Schools

Go Guardian

  • August 2021 All Schools

HALO System

  • December 2021 McCullough
  • August 2022 William Penn
  • October 2022 Gunning Bedford
  • November 2022 George Read
  • January 2023 N3

Secure Entrances

  • June 2015 William Penn
  • February 2022 Carrie Downie
  • April 2022 Wilmington Manor
  • May 2022 Wallin/N3
  • September 2022 George Read
  • December 2022 McCullough

Constable Program

  • May 2017 Lead Constable Hired (1)
  • June 2018 Two Additional Constables Hired (3)
  • August 2018 One Constable Hired (4)
  • September 2018 One Constable Hired (5)
  • June 2020 Two Constables Hired (7)
  • October 2022 Two Constables Hired (9)

Safety & Security Specialist

January 2019 School Safety & Security Specialist Hired

Access Control Upgrades

  • September 2019 All Locations: Systems Upgrade
  • October 2020 McCullough: Exterior Doors
  • May 2021 Castle Hills: Exterior Locations
  • September 2021
    Center for Leadership & Learning: Access Control 
    TLC: Access Control
  • November 2021 Gunning Bedford: Interior locations
  • June 2022 McCullough: Inside Common Areas
  • July 2022
    Leadership & Learning Center  Exterior Buzz in system
  • September 2022 Castle Hills: Exterior & Interior
  • October 2022 Pleasantville: Exterior  &  Interior
  • October 2022 Leach & Colwyck:  Exterior & Interior
  • October 2022 George Read: Exterior  & Interior
  • November 2022 McCullough: Exterior & Interior