Lee County School District upgrading school security
Published: February 23, 2021 5:10 AM EST
Updated: February 23, 2021 6:25 AM EST
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Today, the Lee County School Board will look at new ways to better secure school campuses, from the first entryways into their school buildings to inside the classrooms.
The district says all of the eight projects will enhance the security at the main school entrances. A security problem identified at Fort Myers High School, for instance, is that when you enter through the front doors, you walk straight into the main building, giving you access to the entire school.
With a little over $1.4 million in grant money supplied by the state, the Lee County School District will upgrade specific entrances so that visitors will enter into a secure area and only have controlled access to the rest of the building. School board members like Gwyn Gitten of Lee County District Five say these are necessary measures, especially in the wake of attacks l