Security issues again topped the agenda at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Mathews County School Board in the Brooks Auditorium at Thomas Hunter Middle School, with the superintendent giving a presentation on a possible upgrade to the division’s access control system, as well as the board allocating roughly $90,000 to help fund two new School Resource Officer positions within the Mathews County Sheriff’s Office.
The school board also heard from several people about the Oct. 30 lockdown of Mathews County Public Schools and how that incident was handled.
Superintendent of Schools Dr. David S. Daniel gave a brief talk about the Verkada Technology access control system, which provides such things as locking and scheduling of doors, camera access, and cloud control. Currently, 45 Virginia school divisions utilize Verkada, and more than 100 Virginia public sector entities use the service, including the Mathews County Sheriff’s Office. With Verkada cameras being used at the sheriff’s office, a...