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the frankfort station | March 15, 2018 | 5
LW schools begin restricting access to community
Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor
During the March 1 Lincoln-Way
Community High
School District 210 Board of
Education meeting, several
members of the community
were present to object to a
proposed plan to restrict use
by members of the community
to school facilities during
school hours.
After some discussion
among the board, Superintendent
Dr. Scott Tingley
and the public, it appeared
the matter would be tabled
for further discussion until
the next board meeting on
Thursday, March 15; however,
in a surprise reversal
of the March 1 discussions,
signs were posted at the three
Lincoln-Way schools informing
the public that their
access to the facilities would
indeed begin to be restricted
to evening hours effective
Thursday, March 8.
Tingley said the decision
was made with building administrators,
including principals
and assistant principals,
who he said were “all
in agreement that it would be
prudent at this time to limit
the access to our schools during
the day.”
“The security of the building
is the responsibility of
the administration,” he said,
citing board policy 4.170,
which states, in part: “The
Superintendent or designee
shall develop, implement,
and maintain a comprehensive
safety and security plan
that includes, without limitation:
An emergency operations
plan(s) addressing prevention,
preparation, response,
and recovery for each school;
Provisions for a coordinated
effort with local law enforcement
and fire officials,
emergency medical services
personnel, and the Board Attorney;
A school safety drill
plan; Instruction in safe bus
riding practices; and a clear,
rapid, factual, and coordinated
system of internal and
external communication.”
No formal action on the issue
was taken by the board.
Tingley said there had been
discussions with board members
prior to making the decision.
District 210 Board Secretary
Aaron Janik said that the
move was “an administrative
decision.”
Janik was the only member
of the board to respond to requests
for comments.
Prior to March 8, community
members were permitted
to use track and pool facilities
at Lincoln-Way district high
schools while classes were
in session. Now, those hours
will be limited to those after
school park district hours.
Tingley said there will be
an exception made for some
morning swimmers, but
those programs will be revisited
with the park district
before the start of the next
school year.
“There will still be opportunities
for the community to
use our facilities through the
park district hours,” Tingley
said. “They can still come
and walk the track. We still
have evening swim hours
that are in place, so they still
have access to the facilities.”
The move comes ostensibly
in response to recent
tragedies involving shootings
at schools across the country;
however, a 2004 report
from the Secret Service and
“Our community members are going to have to
adjust their personal schedules to make that work.
We certainly understand the inconvenience. We still
want to provide the opportunity for usage of our
facilities, but at the same time you’re not going to see
many other high schools that are doing what we did.
Not in today’s world.”
Scott Tingley — Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 superintendent
Voters asked to be aware of campaign-free zones at polling place
Submitted by Will County
Clerk's Office
Is it okay for people to be
standing outside of a polling
place handing out candidate
information? The answer to
this question is yes, as long
as they are 100 feet from the
entrance or as long as the
polling place is not a church
or private school.
The campaign free zone
for the majority of polling
places is the distance of 100
feet from the door of the entrance
of the room where voting
takes place. If the polling
room is above or below
ground, the measurement
begins at the elevator door or
staircase used by the voters
to access the floor where the
polling room is located.
Churches or private
schools can designate their
entire property as a Campaign
Free Zone. Electioneering
is then only allowed
on the grounds adjacent to
the thoroughfares or walkways
leading to the entrances
used by the voters. To find a
list of designated properties,
visit thewillcountyclerk.com
Election Services page.
the Department of Education,
which looked at 37 such incidents
involving 41 suspects
from 1974-2000, showed
that, “Almost all of the attackers
were current students
at the school where they carried
out their attacks” — 95
percent of them, in fact.
Although community users
were required to scan
their driver’s licenses into
the Raptor Visitor Management
software upon entering
the building, Tingley said
the school did not have an
employee assigned to walk
to the athletic facilities with
those users to insure they did
not stray to other parts of the
building.
In response to security
concerns concerning people
bringing in large duffel bags,
he said front desk personnel
would not be tasked with bag
searches because they are not
considered security personnel.
“That’s a clerical position,”
Tingley said. “That’s
not a security position, so
they’re not trained nor would
they qualify to do searches of
bags, searches of individuals
or their person.”
“We still want to partner
with our community and
that’s why there will still be
park district access in the
evenings to our facilities and
also we will have access to
our swimming pools still free
of charge,” Tingley said.
In fact, the agreement to
allow community members
access to the schools’ facilities
was part of a referendum
passed in 2006, which created
the Lincoln-Way Area
Park District program.
“Our community members
are going to have to adjust
their personal schedules to
make that work,” Tingley
said. “We certainly understand
the inconvenience. We
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still want to provide the opportunity
for usage of our facilities,
but at the same time
you’re not going to see many
other high schools that are
doing what we did. Not in today’s
world.”
In response to the assertion
that he told people the decision
would not be made until
the March 15 board meeting,
Tingley declined to answer
the allegation directly, and
only offered: “As I told all
the individuals, this has been
discussed for years. This isn’t
a new topic. There have been
discussions about limiting
the use of outside groups.”
As of press time, the agenda
for the March 15 Board of
Education meeting was not
available.
Additional reporting by T.J.
Kremer, Contributing Editor
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