School Security :: March 10, 2009 -- THE Journal

School Security :: March 10, 2009

03/10/09

Security Spotlight

Missing Indiana Student Tracked Through Parent Notification System
Rossville Consolidated School District in Indiana discovered its new school-to-home communications system, SchoolReach from Groupcast, really does live up to its name after the parental notification system recently helped locate a high school student who had been missing for more than a week. More

School Security News & Issues

European Commission Brokers Safety Deal with 17 Social Networking Sites
Seventeen leading Web sites have agreed to put in place safeguards to protect young people from unwittingly risking their privacy and safety in Europe. They include Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, the French video Web site Dailymotion, and Habbo Hotel, a virtual world for children. More
Mass Notification Toolkit Provides Guidence on Crisis Communications
CDW Government (CDW-G) has introduced the Mass Notification Toolkit, a Web site providing practical guidance on implementation, marketing and sign-up challenges associated with the deployment of mass notification systems. More
Cisco's Digital Media System Grows to 1,000 Campuses
Bloom Township High School District 206 of Chicago Heights, IL, has installed the Rapid Responder crisis management system to provide information to police, fire, emergency medical, and school security personnel in the event of a school emergency. More
Chicago Area School District Installs Crisis Management System
Broward County Public Schools in Ft. Lauderdale, FL is piloting a program to provide district educators and counselors with access to digital resources on Discovery Education Health to teach students about violence and substance-abuse prevention. The program began with a five-day professional development session, hosted by the district's Office of Prevention Programs. More
Inova Upgrades Mass Notification System for Campuses
Inova Solutions, which sells emergency message displays, has upgraded its visual mass notification system, Inova OnAlert. The enhanced system offers e-mail-based message delivery, audible tones to complement visual messages, and a synchronized timekeeping function. More
Quebec District Move to Blackboard Service for Mass Notification
Lester B. Pearson School Board in Quebec, Canada has chosen Blackboard's Connect-ED system to manage mass notifications and alerts. More

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