Workers have begun construction on three new doors on the second floor and in Whittier Woods to increase security and limit who can enter and exit certain parts of the school after hours.

“At 3:30 those doors will be secured because right now there is nothing preventing anybody from entering Whitman to Whittier after hours,” head of security Cherisse Milliner said. “The doors can be locked on the Whitman side and nobody can enter Whittier Woods after the building has been closed. It’s access control and ensuring even the people that work here at night are safe.”

Once school ends, the building maintenance crew will have the ability to block off sections of the school to prevent students participating in clubs or after-school sports, or any unwanted visitors from wandering around the hallways.

Some students fear the doors will cause the hallways to become more cramped.

“The doors are going to limit the already narrow hallway in Whittier and I think they’re are going to cause more congestion in the hallway,” freshman Max Krauth said.

The doors are part of an ongoing school security update put in place by Montgomery County. The county provided Whitman with funds to improve security, and part of these funds are being used to build doors around the school, principal Alan Goodwin said.

“The doors are being put in to make the building more secure,” he said. “And that’s very necessary, in these unfortunately dangerous times.”

Anna Yuan contributed to this article.