Clear Creek ISD will reallocate bond monies in an attempt to make the district safer.

On April 24, the CCISD board of trustees unanimously approved three items that will address fencing, doors and intercom systems.

The district will use $72,000 worth of 2013 bond monies to install 6-foot-tall ornamental fencing around the Clear Lake High School courtyard. Campus administrators requested safety improvements to the school’s outdoor learning area, according to agenda documents.

“With this being adjacent to library and parking lot, if anything, it just secures our high school, which we need to do,” board President Jay Cunningham said.

The district will also use $180,000 worth of 2017 bond monies to replace damaged exterior doors at Clear Brook and Clear Creek high schools, Brookside and Clear Creek intermediate schools, and Greene Elementary School.


Due to the doors’ age and damage, they must be forced open, which is a safety issue. They cannot be repaired and must be replaced, according to the documents.

Finally, the district will use another $120,000 worth of 2017 bond monies to add an intercom system to the district’s Central Support Facility, Technology Learning Center and Challenger Columbia Stadium Field House. These three buildings are the last in the district that do not have the district’s standard intercom system.

Adding the system to the building will allow messages to be relayed to those inside the building in case of evacuation. Without the system, someone has to run through the building to evacuate occupants, Trustee Jeff Larson said.

“This is really a safety enhancement that I think we should consider,” he said.
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