For Andy Fiorentino, there’s nothing more important than school safety.
While cameras already watch nearly every hallway, the Windsor Central School district is looking to enhance that even further.
“The more we can capture on video, the more we can account, so another feature of these is when I swipe a badge, it gets registered in the computer system as far as who swiped in and who swiped out,” said Andy Fiorentino, Windsor Central School District assistant superintendent.
Visitors entering the high school are immediately captured on video and a temporary badge with their license photo is printed.
Nearly $375,000 of a federal COPS grant is taking all schools in the district even further.
Fifty-nine additional indoor cameras and 29 high-resolution outdoor cameras will be installed to enhance safety.
“This is the view of just four cameras. We have many cameras within this building, and again, we’ll add more, and what’s nice is if something is going on, it’s all recorded. We can go back and see exactly what’s going on,” said Fiorentino.
Currently, nearly every door in the district can be locked remotely.
This grant will help purchase 24 additional controlled-access doors.
“We can have access to any door, we can manipulate any door. It just gives you total control,” said Fiorentino.
New alert strobe lighting will also be installed, along with these lockdown panels.
“What this does is you press that button, it automatically calls our century who calls the police. It’s no hesitation, no check. They just send the police right out. That means it’s an extreme circumstance,” said Fiorentino.
Along with the technology upgrades, an additional $425,000 will provide several training seminars in trauma and behavioral intervention.
The technology is set to be installed over the summer.