What's happening
KISD approved the agreement during a Sept. 26 meeting, while City Council approved the agreement in its Sept. 17 meeting.
Under the agreement, KISD will pay $350,564.54.
The district will also share in the cost of providing a marked police vehicle for the SROs, a portable police radio for instant communications and uniforms by reimbursing the city for a total flat fee of $26,800, according to city documents.
According to the KISD presentation, it is a decrease of 12.5% for personnel reimbursement and a 10.67% decrease for equipment reimbursement from the 2023-24 contract.
The contract period started on Aug. 1 and will run through July 31, 2027.
The details
SROs from Keller Police Department will be stationed at the following schools:
- Keller High School
- Keller Center for Advanced Learning
- Indian Springs Middle School
- Keller Middle School
- Keller Compass Center
- Bear Creek Intermediate School
All extra duty work performed beyond the standard eight hours a day for each school day will be tracked through extra duty timesheets by the SRO, according to city documents. Extra duty will only be approved to be paid for the SRO at Keller High School, Indian Springs Middle School/KCAL and Keller Middle School.
Also of note
Keller Police Department will also utilize Campus Patrol Programs, in which an officer will visit each elementary school on the school days that has no armed security presence with no cost incurred by KISD.
Quote of Note
“It's something that's near and dear to our heart in the city of Keller and it wouldn't be possible without your leadership,” Keller Mayor Pro Tem Ross McMullin said during the KISD meeting. “I think KISD is really setting a standard of excellence when it comes to school safety that other districts should be looking at and modeling themselves after.”
