There may be security changes at the eight schools in Westport soon, but most of those changes will not be noticeable.
Schools Superintendent Elliott Landon said a consultant recently completed a review of the school system’s security and issued a report to the Board of Education.
Because the matter concerns security in the school system, he could not give details what was included in the report, but each of the recommended items could be completed, Landon said.
“It all matters how much we want to spend,” he said.
The Board of Education included school security in its five-year capital forecast, but no price figure was attached to the item.
“People would not notice most of the changes,” Landon said.
School officials last embarked on a review of security in 2000, he said, and that review brought forth the security systems in place now where visitors to schools have to announce themselves before being allowed inside.
It was time for another review of security procedures, he said, and there were plans for the review before a gunman took children hostage in a school last fall and shot himself.
“I can’t say it hasn’t influenced us, though,” Landon said of the incident.
Last fall, school officials also participated in a crisis response workshop (See WestportNow Oct. 11).
“There is new technology and techniques available,” Landon said. “It’s always wise for us to reinvent our security plans if it makes our kids and staff more safe.”
