Hospitals, hotels, restaurants and retail establishments worldwide have adopted the use of masks, disinfectant, and social distancing. Soon, schools will follow suit, implementing similar protective measures as K-12 students and staff return for the 2020—21 academic year. But as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests, there’s more that schools can do to […]
Some schools will soon reopen in the fall — at whatever capacity they can in the wake of COVID-19 — yet many still suffer from alarmingly common school safety issues. Many school districts hire security consultants to do walkthroughs of their campuses to look for security risks. These assessments often consist of two parts: the physical assessment of each school […]
The Four Domes Pavilion in Wrocław, Poland is a historic building offering visitors a view into the art of today. Built in 1921, the pavilion serves as home to the Museum of Contemporary Art branch of Poland’s National Museum. The collection is one of Poland’s most cherished – housing more than 20,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, […]
Schools across the country implement various school security systems to respond to emergencies. But as tech innovates, so should those solutions. Effective ones must protect against the most extreme crises as well as more common incidents school staff respond to every day. Districts also must prepare for the increased occurrence of medical and behavioral situations when […]
Some major U.S. school districts have announced they’ll start the upcoming school year completely online. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD), which have approximately 720,000 students combined, made the announcement Monday that they won’t be bringing students back to classrooms when school starts next month, reports ABC […]
COVID-19 has forced every school district and institution of higher education in the United States to make drastic changes to practically every aspect of campus life. Our sister publication’s Campus Safety Online Summit (CSOS), held July 7-8, addressed many of the pressing concerns relating to the reopening of schools. A wide variety of campus decision makers were […]
When Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker ordered schools closed throughout the state in response to the coronavirus pandemic, sending home millions of students to learn remotely, Cicero School District 99 was ready. The K-8 district of 14,000 students, southwest of Chicago, was already five years into its mission, driven by Superintendent Rudy Hernandez, of changing the […]
Motorola Solutions has announced Safe Schools, an end-to-end solution which uses video, data, voice, and analytics to increase student safety. According to the company, Safe Schools creates a secure environment from the moment a visitor enters a campus, including artificial intelligence video analytics to alert school officials of suspicious activity and seamless communication with local […]
Access control manufacturer ASSA ABLOY releases its multi-solution door opening that protects against explosions, hurricanes, and fires. The Blast and Hurricane Resistant door and hardware solution was influenced by ASSA ABLOY’s tornado-resistance door and hardware, according to the company. It includes openings from CURRIES or Ceco Door and Corbin Russwin BL6600 Series or SARGENT BL7300 Series multi-point locks, with the new SARGENT and Corbin Russwin’s multi-point deadlocking systems factory […]
In order to help teachers keep students on task throughout the school day when they are at learning at home, Impero Software Impero Education Pro web-based software free for the remainder of the school year to districts that do not already have remote monitoring software in place. The cross-platform product combines tools for online safety, […]
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