Gilbert Public Schools has been busy upgrading security, including more work on school lobbies this summer to increase safety.
Superintendent Shane McCord acknowledged at a governing board study session Tuesday that national events, including last May’s elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, have been a driving force to upgrade security, which officials characterized as sad but important to do.
“We will never be able to say that nothing can happen on our campuses,” McCord said. “But we want people to know we take it seriously and that we are doing the things that we should be doing and would like to continue to do more so that those feelings of being safe and secure on our campuses is intact.”
