The issue of Wake County school security will continue to be on the agenda as the district's task force on school safety holds its first meeting this afternoon.

The group, chaired by Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison and retired Raleigh Police Capt. Al White, is supposed to review Wake school safety policies to come up with recommended changes. The meeting, starting at 4:30 p.m. at Crossroad II, 110 Corning Road in Cary, is open to the public.

Security was also an issue for Wake County school board members during Wednesday's facilities committee meeting.

Wake County school board chairman Keith Sutton announced Tuesday that he’s creating a new task force led by Sheriff Donnie Harrison that will review school safety in the district.

Sutton said that the task force will conduct a comprehensive review of school safety and security plans and come up within 90 to 120 days with recommendations to improve campus safety. The task force is being created in the aftermath of the December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in which a gunman killed 20 children and six school employees.

“I’m certain through this effort that Wake County schools will be better prepared,” Sutton said.