Several schools in Osceola County are getting upgraded security cameras and the district’s uniform policy is playing a role in this change.
Student safety is something almost all parents worry about. Especially for people like Mireya Brandti, parent of a disabled child in Kissimmee.
“My kid for example, he is a special needs student,” Brandti said. “And he had an incident in school years ago and there was no way of verifying what happened due to the lack of security cameras in the school.”
About 20 schools are getting major upgrades to their surveillance system for next school year. Due to security reasons however, the district can’t reveal which schools will be receiving these enhancements.
“Well the ones that we have right now are actually pretty good,” said School Board Member Kelvin Soto. “What we’re trying to do is incorporate new technology that would allow us to have more clear graphics, real time data, things of that nature.”
About $125,000 will come from the grant encouraging schools to adopt uniforms. The rest, about $242,000, is coming from the school district.
“It does worry me a lot as a parent because it’s hard to watch over your kids when you’re not there,” Brandti said.
“When you put all that together, with our staff, our school dress code uniform policy, our ID verification systems and you put all of that together,” Soto said, “We have a very, very secure environment for our students in Osceola County.”
Brandti said she’s glad the funds are being used to watch over the safety of students.