The District has approved a one year contract with the City of Friendswood to provide 4 School Resource Officers (SRO) to Friendswood ISD for the 2025-2026 school year. The District plans to assign 2 of the SRO’s to the high school, 1 to Friendswood Junior High, and one as a roving officer and resource for the auxiliary officers at the elementary schools. The estimated cost for the SRO’s as well as vehicles and equipment is $558,623.31 per year. This is an increase of $94,679.92 from the 2024-2025 contract as the City proposed for FISD to partially fund the 4th officer in exchange for a waiver of permit fees for future construction projects. This contract assures the staffing to support statutory requirements of having officers at each campus and also maintaining the successful relationship between the City and the School District.
For approximately 25 years, the District has contracted with the City of Friendswood to provide school zone officers to work each school zone at the beginning and the end of the school-day. Eight years ago, there was a significant change (an increase of $49K) in the agreement for the cost charged to the District for the officers’ time. Four years ago, the District reduced the amount of school zone officers provided by the City from eight to five. The District’s school safety monitors began to direct school zone traffic on the non-Farm-to-Market roads. The City trained and provided the District with the necessary equipment to direct traffic accordingly. The traffic control provided by the five school zone officers and the District’s school safety monitors allows for safe entry and exit for parents, buses, and faculty and is a valuable service to our community. The budgeted amount for the 2025-2026 school year is $110,000, which includes an estimated 10% increase from the 2024-2025 school year. Upon mutual agreement, the City of Friendswood and the District no longer has two separate agreements for these services.
