CNUSD outlines security upgrades, training expansion and Narcan distribution

Steve Ellis, the district’s safety director, told the Corona-Norco Unified School District Board the district has expanded its safety program this year, increasing security-attendant staffing, training offerings and the number of cameras available for investigation and detection.

"We have issued over 1,800 doses of Narcan," Ellis said, describing last year’s and this year’s Narcan distribution and the district’s wider fentanyl-awareness efforts. He said the district has added roughly 73 cameras this year and now has about 950 cameras districtwide for investigative purposes. Ellis also described expanded training for security attendants and staff — including first-responder drills, CPI crisis-prevention training and active-shooter protocols — and said the district added about 50 new security attendants and an additional school resource officer.

Board members thanked the safety team for the work and asked for follow-up on funding and site prioritization. Mrs. Nia asked whether fencing projects would continue and how phase-two sites would be funded; Ellis said the district has a list for possible phase-two fencing projects and will pursue funding as it becomes available. Dr. Lisa Simon and other board members requested invitations to the safety advisory committee and asked that communications highlight the program's successes.

Ellis closed by noting the district will pursue grants and federal funding opportunities to support ongoing work and that the district had been notified of a national safety award recognizing its efforts. Board members praised the hands-only CPR and first-responder training programs and encouraged continued partnership with local emergency providers.

No formal action was taken at the meeting on the safety presentation; board members requested additional budget and funding information for planned projects.