Lebanon — School officials are calling for a discussion on security measures at Lebanon High School, after an incident last month led to a woman being escorted off school property.

Police responded to Lebanon High School shortly before 9 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12, after staffers confronted a woman who entered the building, according to Lebanon Police Chief Richard Mello.

The call report states the woman did nothing threatening and was cooperative with school staff, Mello said after the incident, adding police don’t intend to pursue charges against her.

Officers found the woman shortly after receiving the call, and she was taken voluntarily to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Mello said.

School officials say there was no risk to student safety and nothing was damaged, but School Board members recently questioned whether it’s time to review security protocols.

“We’re heard a couple of times about the security issue at the high school the other week, and I wonder if at the next meeting we could just get a report on what, if anything, the district plans to do following that incident,” said Richard Milius, the board’s vice chairman, during a Jan. 25 meeting.

Marina Liot, the School Board’s student representative, also told board members the incident was “quite alarming to many parents and community members” during the same meeting.

While school officials agreed to conduct a review, they said current practices and protocol are keeping students safe.

Any staff member or visitor who comes to the high school after 7:30 a.m. is required to use the front doors, where they have to push a button in the vestibule before being allowed in, according to Principal Ian Smith. Once inside, visitors sign into a log before receiving a visitor pass, and are often escorted through the building by staff, he said.

Meanwhile, students are allowed to sign out of the building during the school day, but use school-issued swipe cards to get back in. On the off chance a student forgets their card, they’re required to go through the same buzz-in process as visitors, Smith said.

Parents were notified of the incident through the school’s messenger system that afternoon, Smith said in an email on Friday.

“We stated that the adult was escorted out of the building,” he said. “Because the incident was managed quickly with minimal disruption, we chose not to communicate with students directly either over the intercom or through school email. We did not want to raise concerns unnecessarily.”

Even with current precautions in place, Superintendent Joanne Roberts said the district will review protocol in the wake of last month’s incident. A discussion is scheduled for an upcoming School Board Finance and Facilities Meeting, which will then report back to the whole School Board.

“We’re just going to review our practices for students swiping in and also look into ways to possibly improve viability from the front office,” Roberts said in an interview last week.

The School Board’s Finance and Facilities Committee is scheduled to meet at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14 in the SAU office. The entire board is next scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Lebanon Middle School.

Tim Camerato can be reached at tcamerato@vnews.com or 603-727-3223.