WHEELING — Ohio County Schools has found a product that, when applied, makes windows bullet-resistant, and administration is examining the best way to bring it to the school district’s buildings.

Assistant Superintendent Rick Jones said he recently met with representatives from SafeHaven Security of Kansas City, Missouri, who are the producers of the laminate-type safety product for windows.

It is a film that is installed over the glass, making it both shatterproof and resistant to bullets.

Jones told board members he learned of the product during a West Virginia superintendents conference, where the company demonstrated the product’s resilience by attempting to break a window covered in the film with a baseball bat.

“It seems very reasonable for the pricing until you multiply it by all the schools in the county,” he explained. “So we’re going to look at doing some of the areas at (Wheeling Park High School) that are the most vulnerable, see how we like it and move on from there.”

Jones was asked by board member David Croft who would determine the vulnerable areas in the school buildings.

Superintendent Kim Miller explained she and Jones witnessed SafeHaven do their demonstration and asked them to come to Ohio County. They surveyed areas that were high focus areas, and some that were not.

“There are different grades of the laminate,” Miller said. “We were able to get that information. Now Mr. Jones will be able to meet with the safety and (Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger) to determine what spaces we should work on first.

“Then we’ll come back and present information to the board.”

She said they hope to do that over the summer period “so we can move forward.”

There are 14 school buildings in Ohio County Schools, all with a multitude of windows. Because film comes in different grades and at different costs, Jones said the administration “has no idea yet” what it could cost.

“We have no plans to have them (the films) installed,” he said. “We’re just working with them at this time.”

Also on the subject of safety, Jones said he will be meeting this week with Schwertfeger to discuss the matter of hiring additional school resource officers.

“We will try to get one posted in every building as that was part of the levy,” Jones continued. “Hopefully, we will get those (positions) filled.”

He anticipates at least “three or four” SROs will be needed. One will be needed at WPHS, where two SROs are stationed, he explained.

The positions also may be filled by school security officers (SSOs), who are retired police officers.