ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Albemarle County Public Schools will be looking to take more measures to make sure kids and staff are safe over the next few years.

The long-range advisory committee presented the Albemarle County School Board a report about three new initiatives to improve school safety.

In the first year, all schools would electrify the front doors and use visual recognition technology that will allow office staff to see and control who comes into the buildings.

The visual recognition technology has been installed only at Ivy Creek School and Albemarle High School.

If approved, the technology will be installed at all schools by the 2021 school year.

Mark Kindler, the principal of Ivy Creek School, said parents thought it was inconvenient at first, but most of them warmed up to it due to the extra layer of security.

"A lot of parents were used to coming right in and but I think once everybody understood that it wasn't hard to do, you pushed a button and you had access, it was a comfortable feeling that the kids are being taken care of and not everyone can get in,” said Kindler.

The second and third year would implement electronic access on exterior doors that includes a badge for all staff members to enter the schools.

These efforts also are designed to force visitors to enter buildings through one main entrance.

"Visitors and staff are forced to go through the main office,” said Lindsay Snoody, deputy director of building services. “You don't just walk in the building and go wherever you want. There's a controlled entrance. The next proposal is layering upon what already now exists after our work last summer."

Officials have already installed more than 250,000 window coverings on all classroom windows, with plans to install more than 300,000.

They have also put more locks on the inside of classroom doors.

"We've been talking about physical layers that we're doing to the school for hardening the building,” said Snoody. “That's been a big improvement looking at it from a lot of different angles and this is just a part of the building hardening, which is not the whole picture."

Kindler believes the measures show how much the county cares for its students.

"I think Albemarle County is trying to provide the best services to students, not just in the school academically, but for their well-being,” said Kindler. “Also, to be a part of the community and let the community know that it's important to take care of their children and them every single day."

The county School Board is expected to vote on the measures in May of 2020.

If approved, officials anticipate the projects will be done by the start of the 2023 school year.