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Pierce is taking measures to enhance security

In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting on Sunday morning, administration is reinforcing current safety guidelines and precautions.

Pierce College Vice President of Administrative Services Rolf Schleicher and Associate Vice President of Administrative Services Larry Kraus said the campus already has measures in place to help with pre and postincident situations.

Kraus and Schleicher are among the 43 administrators and support people who have been trained for active shooter and other emergency situations. Staging areas and more than 18 100-person emergency supply depots exist around campus.

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Pierce College is moving forward with plans to use the property on De Soto Avenue and Victory Boulevard for educational purposes serving the Agricultural Program after the closure of the Farm Center left the area vacant for two years.

Vice President of Academic Affairs Sheri Berger assured the Woodland Hills Homeowners Organization (WHHO) during last Wednesday’s meeting that there will be no commercial or residential development on the Pierce College farm.

“We are a farm in the city, and that is very unique. I don't know another big farm sitting in an urban area. We need to preserve that,” Berger said. “That's what makes Pierce College so unique. We are serving students who grew up in the city, who may have never seen a cow, who don't know where their food comes from.”

According to Berger, an agricultural education center is set to be built in 2020. The building will be 8,000 square feet and will act as anchor to the Agricultural Program, filling the area left by the Farm Center. Two greenhouses, each 1,000 square feet, will also be built in a way that allows future expansions