1.   The security grilles are made from steel or aluminium, and can also give the effect of leaded lights.

2.   An L.A. school board panel has recommended equipping classroom window security grilles with safety latches and requiring two doors for all new portable classrooms.

3.   But Steve Soboroff, chairman of the Proposition BB citizens oversight committee, called continuing to mount security grilles ridiculous and said more oversight of such expenditures is needed.

4.   Lynn Roberts, director of maintenance and facilities for the district, brought a model of a security grille equipped with two interior safety latches.

5.   Los Angeles school officials continue installation of bolted security grilles on classroom windows despite concerns that students and teachers could be trapped in the event of fire.