Schools throughout the Foothills will be recieving new and updated security and camera systems over the next few years. Oilfields school is at the top of the list to recieve the security makeover.

As older equipment becomes obsolete, the Foothills School Division will be bringing in newer Cameras to replace them.

Assistant Superintendent, Drew Chipman, says that it wont be happening all at once.

"Repairing them really on a 'school by school' basis, trading out cameras and trading out software. So it's not going to happen at once, it's going to happen over the next few years."

New equipment is a huge step towards keeping our children safe, but Chipman says there are a number of other things being done to ensure security.

"We have a Critical Response Team, Non-Crisis Violence Intervention, training with administrators and some of our staff."

Parents, and residents near our schools are reminded that if they witness suspicious behaviour in a schools vacinity, to report directly to the police service.