Please see the responses below to my question: do you think a security gate is worth the money at your library?


Librarian

Town/School

Security System?

Staffing/

Enrollment

Thoughts

Sarah Briggs

Milford HS

Have security system and turned off because gates going off because of cell phones and ipods.

3 staff members, 900 students, lots of foot traffic

Did inventory and didn’t notice a change in lost books with gate off. Will continue to leave gate off.

Denise DeMello

King Philip MS, West Hartford

No security system.

900 students

Don’t need security system.

Loretta Sullivan

Manchester HS

No security system.

1600 students, 5 staff members (at different times)

Security system not warm and inviting.

Jessica Wismar

Bethel HS

Yes.

300-500 student visits per day

On the fence. Security system sometimes a nuisance because students prank. Hard to tell who sets it off.

Barb Lyons

Wilton HS

Getting rid of.


Kids pranking, redesigning space and want entrance to be more appealing, want to spend the money in other ways.



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Rachel Bray

Library Media Specialist

Sage Park Middle School

25 Sage Park Rd.

Windsor, CT 06095

rbray@windsorct.org

860-687-2030 Ext.165

https://sites.google.com/a/windsorct.org/sage-park-library/