Town Manager Recommends $240,000 for Avon School Security Improvements

The Avon town manager plans on recommending $240,000 in capital improvement funds to install added security at Avon schools in his 2013-14 budget request to the Town Council.

The school board requested $229,515, but Robertson added more to his capital improvement budget recommendation to account for contingency, according to Town Council Chairman Mark Zacchio. 

Avon Superintendent Gary Mala and Finance Director John Spang immediately began looking at ways to make Avon students and staff safer and buildings more secure after the Dec. 14 Newtown shooting.

The school board approved the central office's proposal in mid-January.

The capital request would fund adding the following security measures, as listed in a memo Spang addressed to the council:

Correction: Patch was originally told that the town manager's capital improvement recommendation for security improvements was $250,000, but it was actually $240,000. The article has been updated to reflect this correction.