Issue 5: Rumor vs. Reality

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Volume 46 — Issue 5 ­­— January 30, 2015 photo by atalie black

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A MORE SECURE FUTURE Don’t expect to see any sports, entertainment or columns in this issue; expect to see answers to your concerns about security graphics by Grace Amundson

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TO SERVE AND PROTECT Changes to security personnel include two new officers photo by Lauren Edwards

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RUMORS VS. REALITY Like it or not, the new security affects you photo illustration by Addison Sherman

THE MAN WITH A PLAN Former Overland Park Police Chief John Douglass is helping SMSD make the school environment safer photo by Bryce Rex

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13 SMNW.COM @SMNWDOTCOM The purpose of the Northwest Passage is to relay important and interesting information to the community, administration and students of the Shawnee Mission Northwest High School. As a newsmagazine, the Northwest Passage will cater to the interests and concerns of the student body. Outside concerns and

BOND ON THE BRAIN SMSD awaits voters’ decision on two ballot questions regarding funding graphic by Paden Chesney

activities will only be covered if they somehow affect the school or students. The Northwest Passage is a 32-page newsmagazine. The paper will be distributed every four weeks during fifth hour. Subscriptions will be available to the community for $25. The Northwest Passage firmly supports the First Amendment and opposes censorship.

The content of the newspaper will be determined and created by the entire staff. When questions concerning word choice, legal problems or ethics arise the editorial board and adviser will discuss the problem to find the solution. In these cases, the editor-in-chief and editorial board will have the say in all decisions. Letters to the editor

will be accepted and encouraged. The staff reserves the right to edit for grammatical mistakes, length and good taste. Letters may attack policy but not people. In no way will ideas or viewpoints be changed. The editor-in-chief and editorial board reserve the right to refuse any letter.

This issue focuses on new security system as a singular topic for the entirety of this issue. Don’t expect to see any sports, entertainment or columns; but do expect to see answers to your concerns about security and

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“What did we do wrong?”

“Has something happened that we don’t know about?”

“Are we turning Northwest into a jail?”

“Why do we need this?”

These are the questions most often posed by students when the discussion turns to the new security measures being planned for Northwest and throughout in the Shawnee Mission schools for next year.

“I think ever since Sandy Hook, all those shootings, “Before school, people and parents are after school: concerned,” Campus Security nothing will be Officer Eric Sanchez said.

“They want to step up different,” principal security. If you think about Lisa Gruman said. “We it when your parents drop will just be keeping you off at school or a kid things a little bit is dropped off, they’re our tighter so people are responsibility.

We’re in not walking in and charge, we’re responsible for around the building, their safety and we take that or places they are seriously. If someone walks in not supposed to.” next year, they won’t be able to get into the mall they’ll have to go straight through the office to check in first. Things will change, you can’t just walk in here.”

The move to update security has been driven by a survey of patrons who were asked to tell the district what issues are most important to them. Safety and security were at the top of the list.

“It’s [violence in schools] been going over a long period of time,” Superintendent Dr. Jim Hinson said.

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“As a result of what our community has said to us, this is a pressing issue for us.”

If approved by voters, a general obligation bond will provide the money to pay for improving security throughout the district. If the bond issue is not approved, the security measures will be still be taken, but much more slowly.

About nine percent of money raised through the bond will go to security: updating school offices, door hardware and installing better security cameras.

Despite concerns voiced by students, most will not notice a great deal of change after the security updates are in place.

“Before school, after school: nothing will be different; the doors will be open and people will be coming and going as usual,” principal Lisa Gruman said. (See page 12) “We will just be keeping things a little bit tighter so people are not walking in and around the building, or places they are not supposed to.”

We all had concerns when we heard that security was going to updated and thought that it would turn Northwest into a prison. The ultimate goal all of security measures is simply to protect Shawnee Mission students and staff.

“I still think the best security is you guys,” Sanchez said. “If you hear something come and talk to us, talk to Coenen, talk to me, say something if you hear something. Its the new ID policy that’s getting everybody but you have to understand it’s for your safety.”

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Why are these changes happening? line 11 What role did the community have in the decision? line 35 Are IDs a requirement to get in? Entering and Exiting School: page 11 Are we turning Northwest into a jail? line 55 How will this benefit us? line 51 What will change at Northwest? pages 3, 5, 7, 8-13, 15, 16 Will there be new SROs? To Serve and Protect page 5 Why do we need this? pages 3, 5, 7, 8-13, 15, 16

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Northwest is one of 16 schools receiving safety upgrades, establishing a new standard for the district, according to principal Lisa Gruman + by ben lucier

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TOTAL VALUE OF BOND ISSUE:

$223 million 9.4 percent

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OF THAT AMOUNT WILL BE USED TO FUND SAFETY AND SECURITY CHANGES THE MOST NOTICEABLE SECURITY UPGRADE FOR STUDENTS WILL BE

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OF THOSE ENTERING THE BUILDING AFTER CLASSES BEGIN. — ERIC SANCHEZ, CAMPUS SECURITY OFFICER

LAST BOND ELECTION WAS PASSED BY SHAWNEE MISSION IN 2004 FOR

$183 million

* Inside Shawnee Mission School District, Fall 2014

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PROTECT Enhanced security includes the hirings of two new security personnel. The second will arrive in February, while the first, Eric Sanchez, is already here.

Sanchez graduated from Northwest eight years ago. Since then he has earned an education in criminal justice while working security at Lake Quivira until December 2014. He is now the campus security officer.

“I love it,” Sanchez said. “I graduated from here in 2007; it’s great to be back. I missed all these old teachers. I shouldn’t say old, but I know a lot of the teachers and former staff here. We get along great.”

Sanchez’s primary job will be to monitor the west doors near the student parking lot. He has been and will continue to check IDs as students leave and enter the building.

“He is going to be sitting down there at the door checking people coming in and out,” Student Resource Officer Mark Coenen said.

Officer Coenen made it clear that the bond vote will bring no changes to the SRO position. All changes to the building will be physical, including the new security booth near the west doors and the installation of new security cameras.

If the bond passes, new security monitors will be installed in the security booth by the west doors.

“I’ll be able to see who opens any of the doors that are supposed to be locked the entire day,” Sanchez said. “[the] monitor will pop up and I’ll see who it is.”

When a student or faculty member opens a side door, an alarm is triggered, notifying Sanchez in the CSO office. The changes are designed not to impede the students but to protect them.

“It is reasonable to give up a little liberty for the security of all,” SMSD Director of Safety and Security John Douglass said.

In February, a new District Resource Officer will be named. This DRO replaces Larry Fries, who left to become a DRO at SM West.

The main student resources office will remain next to the cafeteria. An SRO and a DRO will be stationed there, bringing the total number of security personnel to three.

“I know students aren’t really happy with the new ID policy,” Sanchez said.

“But they’ve got to understand I’m doing it for their safety.”

Sanchez will be checking the IDs of people leaving and entering the school between 7:40 a.m. and 2:40 p.m. This includes the students going to open lunch. In addition the SROs will continue to perform the same duties that they have done this year.

New security changes are bringing in a new DRO to replace Shane Fries who left at the end of first semester. As a DRO, Fries works for the district and not any particular school. He was transferred to West when there was a higher

Changes to security personnel include two new officers + By Jack Lynch / Photos By LAUREN EDWARDS

priority vacancy at West, according to Douglass.

“I was at Northwest from the beginning of the year,” Fries said. “When I came to West, I was replacing someone, so they are just starting to come around.”

Students and faculty at West have just started to get used to him replacing the previous DRO. At West, his responsibilities are essentially the same: he helps to protect faculty and students in instances of violence or emergency.

“I think I added something to Northwest. I cared for the students there and the faculty and the staff,” Fries said. “I really enjoyed being a part of Shawnee Mission Northwest.”

There is confusion between the three different types of security personnel. Security personnel include DROs, SROs, and CSOs.

MARK COENEN, SRO

SROs — SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. These are police officers from the cities that the schools are in. They cannot be transferred between schools. Mark Coenen is the current SRO.

CSOs — CAMPUS SECURITY OFFICERS These are security guards employed by the district and can be moved between schools.

Eric Sanchez is the current CSO.

Eric Sanchez, CSO

DROs — DISTRICT RESOURCE OFFICERS They are employed by the district and can be moved between schools as needed. No DRO is in place at this time, but one has been hired.

TBA, DRO

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RUMORS VS.

Like it or not, the new security affects you

SMSD voters were presented with a ballot concerning the $223 million General Obligation Bond, but it seems students still seem to have many unanswered questions. Safety and security, technology, and many other areas of our school will be improved.

The Passage staff has compiled some of the top rumors we’ve heard around the school. With all the rumors flying around the halls, it’s time to get on the same page.

+ BY Benjamin Becker & josh sherfy continued on next page PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ADDISON SHERMAN

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"WHAT'S THE

CRAZIEST RUMOR YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE NEW SECURITY MEASURES?"

“They’re getting an armory.”

– sophomore Ryan Rebori “That there’s going to be fence.”

– sophomore Brandon Harrell “You can’t leave the between 7:40 a.m. and 2:40 p.m.” – sophomore Camille Henderson

UMORS VS. REALITY Not everything you hear is true

+ BY BENJAMIN BECKER & JOSH SHERFY

Metal detectors will be added to each entrance.

New high-powered cameras will be introduced to Northwest.

All the eleme Northwest are

FALSE. SMSD Director of Safety and Security John Douglass said no sort of extra fencing will be added to the SMSD schools because the money can spent in more effective ways.

We are getting an armored truck from the Lenexa PD.

FALSE. Both Douglass and campus security officer Eric Sanchez said that they don’t know how that rumor started, and that this rumor is completely untrue. The armored vehicles the city has are for emergencies only, and could not be kept in our parking lot. “The chief actually laughed when I told him about the armor truck rumor,” Sanchez said. “It’s hilarious.”

FALSE. Douglass said that going in and out of school will not change very much for students. Security is being added to the doors anyway. Metal detectors are not needed.

TRUE. Sanchez said that they will be replacing most or all of the old security cameras with new, high powered ones. They will be focused mostly on the entrances so they can better monitor who is entering the building. “They’re going to be a lot better than what we have now,” Sanchez said.

Students will be racially profiled at entrance and exit points.

FALSE. Principal Lisa Gruman said that all students will be asked to show IDs when entering and exiting the building during the school day and everyone will get the same treatment regardless of who they are and what they look like.

An alarm will sound if any doors are opened.

PARTIALLY TRUE. All side doors will be locked after 7:40 a.m. If they are opened at all, an alarm will sound in Sanchez’s office.

Improvements to internet and computer security.

TRUE. The district has focused on taking a digital learning initiative. With minor complications we have had throughout the year here is something to look forward to. Improvements to ensure data connectivity stability, including charging hubs installed throughout the district. Additional devices will be provided to teachers as well as eventually receiving computer lab access.

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TRUE. If the General Oblig Benninghoven’s constructi new building and implem building will be used unti construction to take place where the reconstruction of project money was taken fr whose funding would come in families that are undecid “I was in Benninghoven las it,” Board of Education mem school all of the sudden a lo attract families.”

A giant fence will surround the school next year.

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PARTIALLY TRUE. If the jurisdiction will be rebuilt.

Crestview Elementary was Trailwood for South. The sc district sees an increase in s to the development taking p elementary school. If this already in West’s jurisdictio

Benninghoven is new location.

POTENTIALLY TRUE. Whil behind the old building, d Superintendent Jim Hinso considering relocating Benn “We are cautiously optimist Voting for the bond ends at

“The oddest one where all the doors have alarms on them if there opened for more than 30 seconds. At first it was stupid how you had to show your ID at any time and you couldn’t use other entrances other than the west doors, no it’s more reasonable.”

– Andy Chapel

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YOUR REACTION TO THE NEW SECURITY MEASURES?

“I don’t really care, it’s whatever.”

– sophomore Jake Robinson “I think we’re perfectly safe how it is. It’s a waste of our money to build a new office.” – freshman Jackson Brogan

I think the added security is a good idea, as long as they’re not doing strip searches I’m fine with it.”

– freshman Braeson Hollenbeck “They’re just adding way too much stuff in the school the metal detectors are just too much.” – freshman Travon Taylor

Elementary schools in SMSD including Benninghoven have been proposed to be completely rebuilt or heavily renovated + by calvin lacerte / photo by atalie black

Students, teachers, and adults will now be required to present identification after the school day starts + by cadie elder / photo by nick kahtava

REMAKING RHEIN BENNINGHOVEN

GETTING INSIDE

lementary is going to be demolished Students have to y rebuilt. scan their ID to enter before 7:40 a.m.

gation Bond (GOB) were to be approved, the funding for ion will be provided and the school will receive a completely mentation of all the new security upgrades. The original il the new building is complete. Examples of the type of e at Benninghoven can be seen at Shawanoe Elementary f their building has already begun. Shawanoe’s construction rom the district’s capital fund, as opposed to Benninghoven e via the GOB. Newly built elementary schools can also draw ded of where they want their children to attend school. st week, and I’m really excited, if the bond passes, to rebuild mber Patty Mach said. “Every time we have built or rebuilt a ot of new students start to attend that school: new buildings

FALSE. Students will be able to enter as they have in the past until the first hour bell rings. Sanchez will check ID’s at the west doors starting at 7:40 a.m., when students are considered tardy. If Sanchez does not see a student they will press a button notifying campus security to come to the door.“This new ‘buzz in’ system will help ensure people entering are affiliated with the school,” associate principal Tom Moss said. At the east doors, students will need to go through the office and sign in as a visitor if they do not have their ID.

Students have to use their ID to exit the building for open lunch.

TRUE. Sanchez said students will need to show their ID to any campus security before leaving for open lunch. Sanchez currently sits at a table by the west doors. Next year a booth will take its place. An alarm will sound to notify campus security if any side door is opened, along with monitors inside the booth to see who is leaving.

entary schools that feed into If students do not have their IDs, they do not have going to be rebuilt. to go to school. bond passes one school from each SMSD high school’s

The school chosen for the Northwest area is Benninghoven, s chosen for North, Briarwood Elementary for East and chool elected in the confines of West is still unknown. If the student population in this part of town, which is possible due place in this area, they will consider building an entirely new scenario fails, the district will select an elementary school on.

s going to be rebuilt in a completely

le in all likelihood the new Benninghoven will be erected district personnel have been considering another location. on noted at a Benninghoven PTA meeting that they are ninghoven’s campus to a location on 71st street. tic about the bond passing,” said board member Patty Mach. t noon of January 27th.

FALSE. If students are late entering on the west side without an ID, an officer can look up the student number.”This whole process does take more time, it is so much easier to go by the office and pay $5 for an ID,” Moss said. All other doors besides the east and west will be emergency exits only.

DRIVER’S LICENSE PLEASE? Beginning next year, any visitor entering the school from the east side will be guided to the office. This will include a new Raptor system where driver’s licenses are scanned upon entry, providing quick access

As of next year, any visitor entering the school from the east side will be guided to the office. to any criminal records. Parents will have the option to provide the office with a list of family members/guardians who may pick their child up on their behalf.

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Parking lot

There will be no changes made to the student or teacher parking lots.

According to Principal Gruman, All rumors of changes such as gates at the entrances are untrue.

Entrances

After 7:40 a.m., all doors will be locked except for the main entrances on the east and west sides of the school.

After this time, students are required to present their school ID’s.

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Classrooms

The only change expected to take place in classrooms is doors will lock from the inside, so that an intruder would not be able to enter.

Lunchroom /Mall Area

There will not be any changes to the lunchroom itself, however, seniors who leave the building for Open Lunch will need an ID to return to the building.

Renovations

As of next year, the attendance office will be in the main office and a new door will be built at the east entrance to go directly into the office. All visitors will have to go straight into the office before entering the school. A new security office will also be built by the west entrance.

Internet

Each school in the district has their own number of wireless networks, making internet speed faster for teachers and students.

Improvements will be made to the buildings in order to have better data connection on phones and other devices and enhance wireless connectivity. Students will also be allotted more access to the computer labs and will be able to go in before or after school to work. The school also plans on installing charging hubs.

mapping IT OUT PHOTO BY ATALIE BLACK

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+ BY SHELBY BEAUMONT / graphics by grace amundson

WITH THE NEW SECURITY CHANGES, SCHOOL ENTRANCES WILL BE MONITORED AND LOCKED + BY DEENA ESSA & MAKAILA WILLIAMS

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s you enter, as you exit, as you return from your doctor’s appointment and even as you leave to skip your second hour, Campus Security Officer Eric Sanchez will be watching. No, cardboard cutouts of Sanchez will not

be put at every door, but instead, cameras will be posted at every entrance.

Sanchez will be monitoring these constantly from his new post near the west entrance beginning next fall.

Adults, Parents and Guardians Entering/Leaving

All non-students will only be allowed to enter from the east doors.

This entrance will be remodeled to include a buzzer and camera outdoors allowing the office to see and speak to the visitor, before going into a

pinch point that leads straight into the office. This will force all adults to enter the office before moving into the building. All visitors will go to the office and swipe their drivers license for a background check and

to receive an ID. tag. Those who fail the background check must report to Student Resource Officer Mark Coenen.

OPEN LUNCH

No open lunch pass? It’ll be a lot tougher to leave unauthorized for open lunch. Not only will students only use the west doors to enter or

exit, but other doors in the building will be monitored with cameras on a constant basis. Currently, seniors leaving for open lunch will need to

present ID when leaving and again when returning.

STUDENTS ENTERING / LEAVING

All doors will be unlocked before and after school hours, including the east and west doors and the doors in the academic wing. After 7:40 a.m., all doors will be locked, except for

pinch points on the east and west sides where students and parents will have to check in using student ID or a driver’s license. If a locked door is opened from the inside, an

alarm will provide Sanchez with an exact door location and a camera view. After students have signed out with the office, they may leave from either the east or west doors.

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The Man With

A PLAN Former Overland Park Police Chief John Douglass is helping SMSD make the school environment safer

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hat makes a community great is great neighborhoods,” SMSD Director of Safety and Security John Douglass said. “Those are made by great schools and a safe environment.”

Douglass worked for the Overland Park Police Department for 41 years, serving as Chief of Police for 19 of those years.

“This is just a chance for me to keep doing what I like to do,” Douglass said.

Douglass’ first order of business was to improve school safety throughout the entire district.

“I made an assessment of the good, the bad and the vulnerabilities of the district,” Douglass said. “Then I put together a report and a plan for the superintendent.”

This multi-step plan has been a long process for the district, but Douglass says he is certain that things are right where they need to be.

All that is left now is for the community to vote on the bond, deciding whether the school should be spending money on it.

“We’ve created a plan and we’re asking the people to fund that plan,” Douglass said.

“Now it’s their decision.”

As the Chief of Police, Douglass felt responsible for all citizens. Now, working for SMSD, he says he feels responsible for every student in the district. He wants the students to have a shot at every experience they can, and he does that by keeping

them safe.

“I was particularly attracted to the school environment because I had dealt with crime and people who had made a trainwreck out of their life for a very long time,” Douglass said. “Now we can help you kids who haven’t made a trainwreck out of your life and we can help you achieve your dreams.”

After 41 years on the force, Douglass says that he looks back on his life and sees it as a good one. He wants every student to be able to do the same thing when they are his age.

“It’s nice to have money and a car and a house,” Douglass said. “But at the end of the day we all want to be able to feel like we did something that meant something; that our life mattered.”

“We’ve created a plan and we’re asking the people to fund that plan,” Douglass said.

“Now it’s their decision.”

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SMSD AWAI TS VOTERS’ DECISION ON T WO BALLOT QUESTIONS REGARDING FUNDING A s SMSD works increase the safety and security of school buildings throughout the district a reality, the question is how we find the money.

The answer?

Well, it’s complicated.

Two pools of money are available for schools to dip into for different types of expenses. First is the General Operating Budget. This budget funds general dayto-day expenses including electricity and teacher salaries. The other section is capital funding which provides money for big ticket items like building or updating schools. Safety and security upgrades must come from this section of the budget.

The Local Option Budget, or the

L.O.B., as the name indicates, is money raised locally and added to the General Operating Fund. The LOB proposal is focused on maintaining the current 33 percent local option budget funding, which reflects an increase of 2 percent implemented at the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year. Based on current known factors, there is no tax rate increase associated with this proposal.

This increase must be approved by voters via a mail-in ballot that was due on Tuesday. At press time, the results of that vote were not yet available The other question on the ballot asks voters to approve a a $223 million bond issue that will be used for a variety of upgrades, including improving security

at a number of schools, rebuilding several elementary schools including Benninghoven, building a new aquatic center and improving technology.

If the bond is not approved by voters, the security measures will still take place, but the implementation will take years longer.

Although both proposals appear on the same ballot, voters can approve either, both or none.

More information can be found at http://www.smsd.org/LOB-BondElection-2015/Pages/default.aspx OR http://smnw.com/2015/01/30/ finances-from-

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According to the SMSD proposal, every campus in the district will be affected by this bond, if approved. The proposal recommends a variety of projects, including: elementary school renovations and rebuilds maintenance improvements

if the bond passes

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allots were due at noon, Jan. 27 at the Johnson County Election office. If SMSD registered voters approved the ballot, allowing $223 million to be borrowed from capital funds and spent to improve safety and security, technology, activity and wellness facilities, building renovations and overall maintenance.

“I’m not a speculator,” SMSD director of safety and security John Douglass said before the results were announced. “I can tell you that traditionally, the community has been very supportive of school issues. I cannot recall an opportunity when they did not pass a school bond with things that were needed.

Outside of that, I’m hopeful, I’m positive, but we’ll see.”

“People have been very favorable, very positive in their feedback to us,” superintendent Jim Hinson said before the results were announced. “I think that it is beneficial that it is not a tax increase. That is a resounding message that seems to resonate with people. I feel positive about the results.”

Two no-tax-increase proposals on the ballot were given to voters: Proposal: “Shall the Board of Education of Unified School District No. 512, Johnson County, State of Kansas, be authorized to maintain its local option budget authority at 33 percent of its state financial aid and that this authorization be continuous and permanent?”

Translation: Can the district keep the L.O.B. budget at 33 percent?

he measures proposed by the district will not be immediately implemented. They may come back to be voted on in a future bond issue.

“The only way to get [the renovations] implemented is to come back to the voters again for another bond issue,” superintendent Jim Hinson said. “There isn’t an internal funding mechanism to take care of all these issues. That’s why it’s on a bond issue ballot question with the voters. That’s the only way to make these projects happen.”

“If we have to do it without a bond issue, it may still get done, but it will take much, much, much longer,” SMSD director of safety and security John Douglass said. “So instead of being done by the first day of school, it may take 10 years. It’s not like we’re going to abandon it and say ‘Okay, too bad. You didn’t vote for security, it doesn’t matter.’ But it will definitely take a lot longer.”

Proposal: “Shall Unified School District No. 512... issue general

obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $223 million to purchase and improve sites, to acquire, construct, equip, furnish, repair, remodel and make additions to buildings used for school district purposes, including the addition of new school billings and other improvements and all other necessary appurtenances and improvements related thereto and to pay fees and expenses related thereto?”

Translation: Can SMSD borrow $223 million for a bond issue that will impact every building in the school district?

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DEFINITIONS :

Bond Issue: a proposal to investors to borrow money for a period of time in exchange for interest payments at regular intervals, usually to pay for a capital project General Operating Budget: money used to finance projects like building renovations and maintenance addressing both current and future needs.

Capitol Local Option Budget (L.O.B.): locally raised money for operating expenses like salaries and supplies.

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We’ve asked, You’ve responded. Here’s what students think of the new security measures

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e conducted a survey with Northwest students about the new security measures, asking them how well-informed they felt about the new procedures and about the rumors they have heard.

Based on 186 responses, pictured below are the results of the survey, and how students feel about the new measures in general. + by sam athey / graphics by paden chesney

How informed do students feel about the new security?

29%

21%

21%

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2 5%

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2 5%

4

30 %

5

12% 8%

29% of students feel secure and about the new 05% knowledgeable procedures. indicated that they have done merely an okay job.

05%

3

of students said that they have not been well-informed on the new procedures.

In your opinion, how important is it that additional security measures are put in place at school?

(1 being not important, 5 being very important)

50%

40% of students want to

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more about the new measures. 39% of people want to know why there are security measures.

82%

of students feel

Safe at northwest

do not think that new security measures are necessary. nw passage | Feature

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“I’m mostly concerned about people coming in,” Campus Security Officer Eric Sanchez said. “It’s mostly to keep bad people out.

I’m not here to punish students. I’m here to work with them to have a safe environment.” photo illustration by lucas silva