Dear Editor,

I appreciate the school safety update from Superintendent Shawn Ryan in the March 9, 2022 Clarkston News (“CCS continuing with safety a No. 1 priority for staff, students”).
Although this addressed safety during school hours, the schools should also address safety for other activities.
Last Saturday we attended the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association festival hosted at Clarkston High School, at which several high school bands and orchestras performed.
The school entrance doors were unlocked. Anyone could enter and go anywhere in the school, including the areas where the student orchestras were preparing and performing.
There was no security.
I would have expected some minimal type of security for an event like this, particularly when Superintendent Ryan’s safety update says “we are looking forward to a wide array of activities and events in our schools.”

Sincerely,
Richard Bisio
Clarkston