The Gettysburg Area School Board (GASD) will consider new security procedures at their March meeting.
The following draft documents will be discussed:
Policy #709 on Building Security
Policy #712 on School Security
Topics will include building access, event security, and the creation of a school safety board.
The meeting, which is open to the public, will held on March 2, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in the school administration building, 900 Biglerville Road, Gettysburg.
Members of the Gettysburg Area School District Board of Directors. Bottom, left to right: Timon Linn, Kenneth Hassinger (President), Al Moyer (Vice President), Top, left to right: Carrie Soliday, Kathleen Adams Pratt (Treasurer), Michael Dickerson, Sylvan Hershey, Tim Seigman, AmyBeth Hodges.
During Monday’s meeting, several parents of students in Franklin Township Elementary School expressed concerns about the large class sizes in the school’s 3rd grade.
Parents said although other grades in the school and third grades in the other elementary schools had three teachers for about 55 students, there are only two third-grade teachers at Franklin Township.
Parents noted that their children found the classes noisy and they were concerned that learning in the environment was compromised.
Council President Kenneth Hassinger said the board would take the comments under consideration.
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