Schools in Kane, Penn., are stepping up their security when it comes to visitor management.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 12, 2019
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School officials recently announced plans to implement an app for communication with law enforcement.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 12, 2019
Hackers have stolen applicant data from Ohio’s Oberlin College, Iowa-based Grinnell College and New York’s Hamilton College and are seeking money from students to retrieve their files.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 12, 2019
Centerville City schools have implemented a new radio system that will let them communicate more easily with each other and with local law enforcement.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 11, 2019
A new K-12 school being built in Northridge, Ohio, will be the first school in the state to feature a special security system for contacting law enforcement in an emergency.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 11, 2019
Every school in Jasper County, Iowa, will be receiving a Stop the Bleed Kit, which will contain materials to help people who’ve been hurt.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 11, 2019
“Our parents and our community trust us with 3,000 students every day, and with those students, we are there to educate them, but at the same time, our students and our staff - the number one priority is to keep them safe,” said Barry Waller, Superintendent of Toombs County Schools.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 08, 2019
Senate Bill 5514 requires that all schools, public and private, be notified when the possibility of violence calls for evacuations or lockdowns. Local law enforcement would be required to determine if local schools are threatened and to notify them.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 08, 2019
Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, Oregon, is adding security cameras to its campus following multiple incidents of hit and runs on campus.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 08, 2019
Texas’ Senate education chairman Sen. Larry Taylor unveiled a school safety measure that touches on strengthening school security, hardening school infrastructure and emphasizing mental health resources.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 07, 2019
The vestibule will have an access button on the door itself as well as in the school office. Staff members with a building access card will be able to enter the campus, while other visitors will have to be authenticated before gaining access to student and staff areas.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 07, 2019
The cyberattacks focused on universities that either studied underwater technology or had faculty with relevant backgrounds, according to reports.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 07, 2019
“This is not so much a drill as it is a scenario-based discussion at an age appropriate level,” said Dr. Andy Zuckerman, chief operating officer for Montgomery County Public Schools.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 06, 2019
The school safety initiative plan includes a two-story secured front entrance, a new bus driveway, a new door system allowing a school to be secured through an app and equipment in classrooms that teachers can use to barricade their classroom doors.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 06, 2019
Since Jan. 10, 10 robberies have taken place within 500 feet of the university’s campus, including one Feb. 23 after a town hall meeting about the robberies.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 06, 2019
Jefferson County Public Schools will use grants from the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management’s School Security Disbursement grant program to replace elementary classroom locks and install a mass notification system.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 05, 2019
With the new program, visitors to the Smith Elementary School campus stand in front of a security camera, press a button and wait for an office attendant to respond.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 05, 2019
The first project will be a security perimeter fence, which will include a gatehouse with controlled access. Other projects include internal security measures and mechanisms based around visually-oriented mass communication.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 05, 2019
Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute is now using a key fob entry system for interior doors. The schools already required a swipe card with the user’s photo and job title for access to exterior doors.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 04, 2019
Director of Safety Bryan Vaughn said that safety department administrators can secure doors in the whole district, even if they’re not currently on that campus. Vaughn said that the panic button system can unlock doors as quickly as it can lock them.
- By Jessica Davis
- March 04, 2019