March 2023
Penny Adler | Published on 3/3/2023
The presenter at our last meeting was Lee Dulgeroff, the Chief of Facility Planning & Construction Officer for the SDUSD. The District headquarters will be moving to 4330 Balboa Ave in about 2 years and the old headquarters will be used for affordable housing for staff and possibly the public. This will allow the whole district administration to be in one site. He also spoke about security at the schools. There is an armed officer at each high school. Restorative Justice is being used. The District has installed perimeter fencing with controlled access at every school. Once school starts the gate is closed and there is a ring type two-way video/audio bell visitors use to get access to school campus. Each classroom has a screen and two-way audio/video system to call for a lockdown from everywhere on campus. Each employee can use an app on their phone to call for help. The District has 1,500 security cameras on campuses which are watched by central staff constantly. Air conditioning is now in every classroom. 50 schools have solar. They have also installed electric vehicle charging stations for staff. Football fields and sports areas have artificial turf which he stated is perfectly safe and preferable to natural grass.