In an unanimous vote, Oakland Unified School District’s board passed the “George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate Oakland Schools Police Department” on Wednesday.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- June 26, 2020
Revolving door and Lifeline Open optical turnstiles create secure spaces for students, staff and visitors
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education (CDE) recently hosted an online panel of students to create a space for young adults to have an honest discussion about institutional racism and implicit bias in public schools.
Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Lizeth Cuellar and Michael Slaughter, Ph.D. to the Texas School Safety Center Board for terms set to expire Feb. 1, 2021.
The state will not require students to wear facemasks, shields, or be tested for the deadly coronavirus when Texas schools re-open for in-person classes in the fall.
- By Corbett Smith, Eva-Marie Ayala
- June 19, 2020
The mother of one of the victims in the 2017 Aztec High School shooting filed a second wrongful death lawsuit.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- June 18, 2020
To say the COVID-19 pandemic has been a disruption feels like an understatement.
- By Brian P. Fodrey
- June 18, 2020
Schools unfortunately have become a scary place to be, and it's hard for students to learn at their full potential when they feel so unsafe.
- By Todd Miller
- June 17, 2020
Improving safety and security at schools and campuses is a critical topic of discussion amongst school administrators and the myriad security professionals serving the education marketplace.
- By Ronnie Pennington
- June 17, 2020
Mission 500 and The New Jersey Electronic Life Safety Association (NJELSA), teamed up for the second year in a row during the NJELSA Annual Symposium, held March 11-13 at Harrah’s Atlantic City for a School Backpack Building Event.
The best environment for learning is one where students, teachers and staff feel safe.
- By Christopher Buecksler, Derek Peterson
- June 17, 2020
When it comes to safeguarding any educational facility, restricting access—particularly to secured areas—is vital.
- By Despina Stamatelos
- June 17, 2020
Columbia College Chicago is focused on embracing security while still maintaining an open environment for students, staff and visitors. With its manual revolving door and barrier free optical turnstiles, the university is doing just that.
- By Tracie Thomas
- June 17, 2020
The Nemours Children’s Health System is a national resource focused on providing pediatric medical care, research, education, prevention, and advocacy.
- By Barbara Rizzatti
- June 17, 2020
Hospitals are where people go to seek treatment, recover and address critical injuries.
- By Steve Connor
- June 17, 2020
Like cities and towns everywhere, campuses today face tremendous challenges when it comes to managing traffic and transportation.
- By Anthony Incorvati
- June 17, 2020
West Virginia University will require all faculty, staff, students and visitors to wear face coverings or masks while on campus in the fall, according to a list of precautions published on the university’s website on Tuesday.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- June 16, 2020
It’s no secret that the landscape for campus security professionals has shifted enormously since our last edition went to press in March.
- By Haley Samsel
- June 16, 2020
Striking a delicate balance between security and functionality has always been a challenging objective for school administrators, who have to consider several factors in an attempt to make this possible.
- By Eric Widlitz
- June 16, 2020
Coppell, Texas, is a suburban community in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, with a reputation for strong community services, including a premier public education system ensured by the administrators, faculty, and staff of the Coppell Independent School District.
- By Cydney Higgins
- June 16, 2020
Gabriel Parker, now 18, has been sentenced to two life sentences for killing two classmates at his high school in 2018. He will received an additional 70 years in prison for 14 counts of assault.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- June 15, 2020
As thousands of people across the country protested in response to the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, multiple school districts are considering removing school resource officers from schools.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- June 12, 2020
As educational leaders continue the challenging conversation about what the new normal will look like for students across the nation,
Scott Senjo, a tenured professor at Weber State University (WSU), has been put on leave following social media tweets that university officials call “abhorrent.” He has been relieved of his duties, and removed from teaching classes.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- June 03, 2020
Gunshot detection with video analytics, gunshot detection in an indoor environment, and gunshot detection analysis during fire alarms are now exclusive patents held by SDS
Mission 500, a charitable non-profit organization engaging security professionals to assist families in crisis across the United States, is proud to announce the launch of its 2020 foundational fundraising campaign – the M500 Club.
Georgia school officials have released to guidance about how to open campuses for school in the fall by offering a 10-page document “Georgia’s Path to Recovery for K-12 Schools.” The manual was prepared by state education and public health department officials and covers the 2020-21 school year.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- June 01, 2020
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday that there is “no question” that schools will be open for in-person learning this fall. What remains unclear is how and when that will happen.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- June 01, 2020
A majority of college presidents surveyed by the American Council of Education say a fall opening is likely.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- May 28, 2020
March 2020 was the first March in about 20 years without a school shooting in the United States. The Washington Post reported that has been school shootings in the month of March every year since 2002.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- May 27, 2020