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Security on a Budget
Security risks facing your school or district are greater than ever. School administrators and security practitioners need to be vigilant in looking for creative ways to find solutions – and funds. Here are some ways to help ensure the safety of your students, staff and property, yet stay within your budget constraints.
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Top 10 Ways to keep your building secure
A safe learning environment for any K-12 campus or district demands proper planning and support from all constituents. To help ensure the safety of your students, faculty, administrators and visitors to your school, here are 10 ways you can keep your buildings secure.
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Understanding your security options
Schools of every size and structure have a host of options available today, from state-of-the-art networked systems encompassing multiple locations to high-security key systems that help maintain access control at the most basic level. Some strategies can be implemented immediately at no or low cost, while others may require more long-term planning both in terms of logistics and budget.
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How to prevent unauthorized key duplication
You may have concerns about the use of keys to school premises, and who has access to keys at any given time. Controlling keys to your facilities can be difficult and time-consuming. Restricted keyways may be the answer to maintaining control over keys to your facilities and access to locks.
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Moving from mechanical to electronic security: what you need to know
K-12 schools of all types are becoming more aware of the security risks posed by unauthorized access. Administrators recognize that locks and keys alone are not enough to keep a school’s perimeter secure. But not every door has to be a controlled entrance, nor is it always necessary to have 100 percent, 24-hour positive control.
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Controlling public access during after-hours events
Today, locks and keys alone are not enough to keep a school’s perimeter secure against unwanted or uncontrolled visitors. From problems with non-custodial parents in a grade school to unauthorized delivery persons at high schools, controlling access with greater certainty is the first line of defense to keep a facility secure.
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Top 10 ways to prevent unauthorized access to your building
From the delivery person to the volunteer parent, people visit school facilities every day. Often, regular visitors become familiar to school staff, faculty, even students. But with increased security risks and the constant change of school environments, familiarity is no longer an acceptable method of managing visitors to school facilities