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more exterior doors than
what he would recommend
for the square footage. He
said Rocky Heights has 29
exterior doors and High-
land Hills, 35, compared
with newer campuses, such
as West Park Elementary
School or Armand Larive
Middle School, which have
about 13 doors on their sig-
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Edmiston said because
each school has so many
access points, it would be
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tain or secure the schools
from an intruder or other
threat.
Edmiston said his other
concern is the two build-
ings both have outdoor
hallways, which also make
them harder to secure
from a tactical standpoint
if a serious event were to
take place.
“One thing that really
stood out to me was the
access onto the property
and access off,” he said at
a previous board meeting.
Edmiston said he rec-
ommends either serious
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ings or demolition and re-
construction of the build-
ings.
“That is what is going
to be needed,” he said at
a previous board meeting.
Both Maiocco and Dep-
uty Superintendent Wade
Smith said they are well
aware of the safety con-
cerns that each of those
buildings pose. They said
the district is currently
conducting a compre-
hensive analysis of the
Hermiston School District
buildings that includes a
variety of studies that de-
tail the current status of
the school buildings. The
analysis will also include
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A Hermiston School District facilities report being compiled will
include recommendations on how to solve the security concerns
at Highland Hills Elementary School, pictured, and Rocky Heights
Elementary School, which have more than 25 doors, each, mak-
ing access into the buildings hard to control.
recommendations for the
future.
Maiocco said the build-
ings evaluation report is
one of many the district is
compiling that will aid in
the future planning of the
district, including what to
do about the safety and
security of Rocky Heights
and Highland Hills —
whether that requires
building new schools in
the future or whatever else
the board and public will
support.
Smith said the dis-
trict will use information
gathered from different
reports, such as the Port-
land State University pop-
ulation study the district
commissioned last year, as
well as engineering stud-
ies, a capacity analysis,
an economic impact study
and other information to
plan for the years ahead in
the Hermiston School Dis-
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will give a presentation
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the spring, which will act
as the district’s “bible” in
future planning.
“I know that the com-
munity is anxious to hear
about potential bonds
down the road,” Maiocco
said. “Right now, we are
in the information-gather-
ing stages, and we are do-
ing the technical analysis.
That is what the Facilities
Master Planning (Com-
mittee) is doing ... We are
really only on the ground
level for that right now.”
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