We agree that visitors should check into the main office before going into a classroom, however there are much less expensive ways to route visitors to the office other than building $4.77 million worth of vestibules.
The “critical” safety and security issues listed for this Levy are almost entirely
different from the “critical” needs from the Bond. Safe and Secure Entryways (vestibules) are one example. In this proposed Levy we see an ask for almost $5 million to address this “critical” need, yet in February with the Bond this wasn’t a concern. This wasn’t a critical
issue in the 2018 or the 2022 Capital Levies.
Why hasn’t the District in conjunction with the Board of Directors recognized this need years ago - or did they, but only for two schools? In 2018 Gordon and Vinland Elementaries, had “Office Reconfiguration for Security” completed at their schools.
Currently, on the NKSD website it says these remodels were done for
“functionality and efficiency” with no mention of Security. Why has NKSD changed the
reasoning for this remodel? Why haven’t we gotten an explanation as to why these
reconfigurations are no longer adequate for safety?
Instead, what we've gotten is a request on this Levy for taxpayers to fund over a $1 million to achieve what these two schools (Gordon and Vinland) currently have, access through the main office.
NKSD doesn't archive Board documents on their website. In order to get information from a Board meeting prior to 2021 School Year, one has to go to the District office and request to see this information in person.
This is a screenshot from one such request regarding the 2/28/19 NKSD Board meeting. This photo shows that the office
reconfigurations were done for "security". The point is that now, they changed why they did the office remodels (see the next photo to see this point).
On the NKSD District website under "Bond & Levy Information", 2018 Levy Tab, you will see the description of why these office remodels were done. No longer for security as was the reasoning in 2018.
Source of this photo is from the NKSD website:
Bond & Levy Information - North Kitsap School District 400 (nkschools.org)
https://www.nkschools.org/get-involved/bond-levy-information
The situation at Gordon is the same as we see in Vinland above.
Source from NKSD Website:
Bond & Levy Information - North Kitsap School District 400 (nkschools.org)
https://www.nkschools.org/get-involved/bond-levy-information
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