Freeport, Grand Bahama -- On Friday November 16th, the United States Chargé d'Affaires John Dinkelman visited Grand Bahama to participate in several outreach events.   Chargé  Dinkelman's first stop was a visit to the Lucaya International School (LIS) where he held a roundtable with high school students and viewed new security upgrades throughout the campus that were funded through a $100,000 grant provided by the U.S. State Department.

  The grant is part of a U.S. Embassy managed security enhancement program with the goal of helping to improve the physical security of international schools with grades K-12 world-wide.

Security enhancements for LIS included improved access control for students and visitors, enhanced security lighting, mobile radio system, surveillance cameras and a state-of-the-art emergency notification public address system.The U.S. Embassy has worked closely with other international schools in The Bahamas to provide similar security enhancements.

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