On Wednesday, December 7th, the Belleville School Board’s Ad-Hoc Educational and Facilities Planning Committee met in the high school library to review the process for conducting its work over the next several months and to welcome the advisors who will assist the group. The committee, which was formed by the school board in October, is charged with evaluating the district’s facilities needs and, if necessary, to offer solutions to the board.

While the districts’ facilities appear to be in good shape, especially from the outside, they lack many of the security measures that most oth...