EVSC gives a timeline for school security audit

EVSC Superintendent Darla Hoover told the school board Tuesday that it will take three or four months for a consultant to produce a comprehensive safety audit.

EVSC is pursuing the audit in lieu of going forward with weapons detection systems in the wake of three known incidents in schools.

EVANSVILLE — It will be months yet before the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. knows whether it wants weapons detection systems in schools or any other security upgrades.

EVSC Superintendent Darla Hoover told the school board Tuesday that it will take three or four months for a consultant to produce a comprehensive safety audit. EVSC is pursuing the audit in lieu of going forward with weapons detection systems in the wake of three known incidents in schools.

The first public step came at the scho