In light of the tragedy of Parkland, Florida, many students have begun to question if Caney Creek is prepared in the case of a similar situation.

Many school safety procedures are not made publicly available for safety reasons, but Principal Dr. Jeff Stichler says part of the plan is a secured entrance, which every Conroe ISD school has in place.

“Everyone has to come in at one place and the access there is controlled,” he said.

The front office makes everyone scan an ID or driver license to run a sort of background check on the person to make sure they don’t have a criminal record.

Visitors wear stickers that have their name and picture to prove they have been checked in and if they are supposed to be in the building. Students sign in so the school knows the time they came into the building and assign a pass to give their teacher upon arriving to class.

All the doors that lead to outside the building are supposed to be locked at all times. Administrators have been asking everyone to monitor entrances around the school and make sure they are not propped open.

“These are here to make sure no one can just walk into the building,” Assistant Principal Brian Lovetinsky said.

When it comes to the idea of campus security, the first thing that generally comes to mind is police officers or campus security officials, normally called school resource officers. These are men and women are trained for many different situations, including school shootings.

“We have at least two at school and we have two patrolling around the area,” Lovetinsky said.

Since the recent rash of school shootings, many campuses across the nation practiced lock-down procedures in addition to Caney Creek.
Teachers are trained to be able to identify and offer help to students showing signs of disorders, and/or abuse of any kind. However, Stichler said the students can help out as well.

“The best way to catch people is teachers, but even better than that students,” he said.

Lovetinsky said if “you see something, say something.”

“Every instance there was a student at the school that did something bad, somebody knew about it ahead of time,” Stichler said.