LOVEJOY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Safety and Security Update
Written Report
Lovejoy Independent School District is committed to the safety and security of students,
faculty, staff, and visitors on its campuses. Lovejoy ISD has a multi-hazard Emergency
Operations Plan that is aligned with the Texas Unified School Safety and Security
Standards and Chapter 37 of the Texas Education Code. The Texas Unified School
Safety and Security standards are based within the National Incident Management
System and this system aligns school district emergency operations with those of other
governmental, private, and volunteer entities.
This Basic Plan outlines LISD's approach to emergency management and operations. It
provides general guidance for emergency management activities and an overview of
LISD’s methods of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. The plan
describes LISD's emergency response organization and assigns responsibilities for
various emergency tasks. This plan is intended to empower employees in an
emergency and clarify emergency roles and response. It is also intended to provide a
framework for more specific functional appendices that describe in more detail who
does what, when, and how. This plan applies to all LISD officials, staff, and students.
The primary audience for the document includes the school board, school district,
school administrators, staff tasked within the document or annexes, emergency
management staff, leaders of local organizations that support emergency operations,
and others who may participate in mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery
efforts. The district’s Emergency Operation Plan is not a document that is published to
the public; thereby, helping to ensure that the wrong people do not have ready access
to the district’s plan.
Additionally, the LISD staff, students, and parents have historically embraced a
preparedness culture where safety and security is an on-going process of selfassessment, rather than an annual or once-every three year audit event. However,
LISD will routinely hire a school safety and security consultant to perform a formal audit
on the district’s facilities, plans, and procedures and report these findings to the LISD
Board. Based on our own integrated safety and security self-assessments, parent and
community feedback, student reports, and formal audit findings, the Lovejoy ISD
Emergency Operations Plan is continually updated and revised. Campus improvements
that have come out of this process include, but are not limited to:
1. Establishment of one main entrance at each campus;
2. Reconfigured campus main entrance designs so that there is a secondary set of
secure doors and all traffic is funneled into the main office before they can gain
access into the school;
3. Use of a camera, intercom, and buzzer at each main entrance;
4. Visitor sign-in, sign-out procedures with use of Positive Proof’s Intercept – WebBased Visitor Management Security Software Solution;
5. Require all exterior doors to remain closed and secured;
6. Use of proximity cards for school staff with card readers at most commonly used
doors, such as teachers’ parking lot entrances, main entrance, doors used for
recess/playground activates, etc.;
7. Use of surveillance cameras to monitor and record building entrance points;
8. Having a quick reference Crisis Flip Chart in every classroom;
9. Weather Call – Severe weather warning notification system for campus
administrators;
10. All campuses have NOAA Alert Weather Radios and SkyScan Lightening
Detectors;
11. SafeSchools Online Training for all district staff;
12. School Messenger – Mass notification system for district staff and parents; and
13. Automated Electronic Defibrillators (AEDs) located on every campus and near
large venues like gyms, cafeterias, and auditorium.
Currently, the Lovejoy ISD Administration has been working on safety and security
improvements in the following areas:
1. Scheduling a School Safety/Security Speaker for a community Town Hall
Meeting;
2. Formal safety and security audits at each campus and the Administration
Building, Transportation, and Maintenance buildings;
3. Developing campus specific Multi-Hazard Emergency Operations Plans;
4. Duress and Notification System for Administration Building and campus offices
5. Ability to have multiple computer stations to view and monitor building main
entrances;
6. Ability to have multiple computer stations to view and monitor specific
surveillance cameras around campus;
7. Active Shooter Training with Fairview PD and Collin County Sheriff’s Office; and
8. Increased presence by Fairview PD and Collin County Sheriff’s Office on and
around campuses.