At Edison High, we students follow the four Rs, representing the pride of EHS: Respect, Readiness, Responsibility, and the Red & Gold. But for the teachers, custodians, and most importantly, the security guards, their three values are to make sure all students at EHS can get a good education in a knowledgeable, safe, and clean environment. The security guards constantly work long hours in school and after school to make sure the school has a sense of security throughout the day. They are among the many staff members who contribute to the well-being of our school community.

The EHS security staff usually start their day by getting their assignments from our principal, Mr. Charles Ross. They’re in charge of making sure all the doors are secured from both the inside and outside. As the school day progresses, they supervise the hallways and bathrooms and regulate the school cameras. They also assist students with finding their lost items and managing hallway movements to ensure school safety and productivity.

In her second year in the security department, Ms. Linette Haynes works over twelve hours daily, with about forty hours total spent taking care of the school building per week. She is CPR certified and hopes to connect with EHS students through kind and respectful interactions.

Similarly, starting this year as a new security guard, Ms. Tyshan Finn’s hours depend on the assignments given to her. Even though she has been working here for a short time, she talks to students in the hallway and sees every student as one of her own. Haynes and Finn positively believe that the best part of working here at EHS is that it is a good environment that includes a variety of students they interact with.

“We contribute to the Edison School community by keeping you guys safe,” said Finn.

Haynes and Finn’s new additional colleague, Mr. John Dupuis, who has recently joined the security team, is in his fourth month of working as a yellow-shirted security guard, constantly communicating with co-workers both in the office and at outside desks. These yellow-uniformed guards are unarmed while blue uniformed security guards are armed with a gun. As a retired police officer from the Morris Police department, Dupuis already meets some of the requirements and skills needed to take the job of a security guard, such as quick reaction time.

The security guards at EHS make sure students prosper at school as each year graduates leave and evolve in their journey in school. While they might not be in the classroom directly, their job is to help develop good citizens for the future.

As Haynes said, “Students should be kind and respectful to each other.”