| Posting Date: December 20, 2012 |
Expires 5/30/13 |
Message from Dr. Blair
It is the goal of the Vestavia Hills City Schools to provide our children with a world-class education. However, before children can learn, they must feel safe. Their parents want to know that their children are safe. The Vestavia Hills Board of Education and the City of Vestavia Hills want to provide the safest public school environment possible. Therefore, a number of steps are being actively pursued by the Vestavia Hills Board of Education and by the City of Vestavia Hills to significantly upgrade security in all Vestavia Hills schools. While I cannot yet give any of the details of these measures until they have been finalized and approved by the necessary officials, I can say they are substantial and go far beyond anything that we currently have in place. These steps are sensible and appropriate and will enable everyone to have a much higher sense of safety without compromising our positive learning environment. The timeline for implementation of these measures is very short. We plan to have all approvals in place and implementation underway by the end of February of 2013. Some measures will be in place when students return to school on January 7, 2013. At the appropriate time, we will provide additional information regarding these plans. Of course, some of these measures will remain confidential. We cannot show our hand completely to anyone out there who may be planning to do harm.
The safety of our children and staff members is of the utmost importance to us. Providing peace of mind to our parents that their children are in the safest public learning environments possible is important to us. We will see to it that these things are done. Have a very happy and peaceful holiday!
Dr. Jamie Blair, Superintendent, Vestavia Hills City Schools
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