Superintendent reports safety-badge pilot at ASA and shares enrollment trends

During the superintendent's report, administrators described a limited pilot of staff safety badges at ASA and explained how the badges are intended to be used.

“We rolled the badges out at ASA almost two weeks ago and staff have been wearing them,” the superintendent said, describing two tiers of alerts: a first‑tier alert for non‑emergent but urgent incidents (medical emergency, student elopement, serious student dysregulation or non‑firearm weapons) and a second tier that initiates a building lockdown and active‑intruder notification.

Board members asked practical questions about cross‑campus use and whether badges would work outside; staff said badges communicate via campus Wi‑Fi and that campus zoning gives location granularity (roughly a 10‑foot perimeter within zones). Administrators said the pilot was intended to surface practical issues before a broader fall rollout.

The superintendent also reviewed RSU 26 enrollment charts distributed to board members and noted a rise in the district’s recorded economically disadvantaged rate for 2024–25, attributing the jump to improved forms and data capture under universal free lunch rather than a sudden demographic shift.

The board received updates on construction at the middle-school entry (SREF project), confirming the district closed loan documents and expected completion before the next school year. No formal votes were taken on the safety-badge program during this meeting; staff will continue implementation and report back after pilot results.