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Oswego District 308 proposed building safety and security improvements focus of upcoming meeting · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Oswego District 308 proposed Building safety and security.
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  Improvements, Focus of Upcoming Meeting. Written by Eric Shelkov. This
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  Everlet. Police and fire officials will join leaders from Oswego School District
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  308 later this month for a community meeting on schools safety and
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  security. The meeting will be at 5 p.m. On October 27th at
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  Oswego East High School, 1525 Harvey Road, Oswego. During the meeting, there
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  will be a discussion about how school safety has changed over the
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  past 20 years. Almost 70 of they district's schools were built between
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  2001 and 2008 and now are reaching the age where major systems
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  need replacement. Improvements needed include secure entry vestibules, access controls, intrusion
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  detection, enhanced cameras, intercoms, fire protection systems and exterior lighting, the district
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  said. First responders will also share what they rely on for infrastructure
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  needs and what they hope to see in the future at District
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  308 buildings. During the meeting, district leaders will discuss the safety and
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  security improvements included in
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  the district referendum proposal on the November 3rd general election ballot. The
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  317 million bond proposal dedicates 79 of the funds to critical
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  infrastructure upgrades, including improvements to HVAC systems and roof replacement, officials
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  said. The rest of The
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  funds would address safety and security renovations to student support spaces and
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  other high-priority facility and site needs. All twenty-two school buildings in the
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  district are affected. Our buildings aren't new. District three oh eight Operations
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  Director Andras Skuency told those attending a september twenty first referendum information
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  meeting at the Oswego Public Library campus in downtown Oswego. They're all
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  starting to show their age. The school district serves portions of Kendall,
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  Will and Kane counties. For more information on the Update 308 referendum,
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  go to sd308.org slash update 308.