AN INITIATIVE FOR SCHOOL SECURITY
The safety of our country’s children when heading off to school each morning is of deep concern to our colleagues at Convergint. Enhancing school security can provide a vital level of protection for students, faculty, and visitors. In that spirit, we have created our STEP Up initiative to help strengthen security in our schools.
As part of this program, Convergint has worked with 24 underserved schools to provide free interior and exterior security systems installations, security upgrades, and security assessments. We will continue to offer further assistance and resources for local schools in need.
Schools can also download our school safety checklist, available below. We urge schools and parents to do all they can to assure that their buildings are as secure as possible. Convergint has also provided additional resources to conduct a safety audit, to budget for safety enhancements, and to train school personnel.
As always, we strive to be our customers’ best service provider and to give back to our communities. We are carrying that mission forward with the STEP Up program.

Tony Varco
Vice President of Security
Convergint Technologies
SCHOOL SAFETY RESOURCES
TOOLS FOR STRENGTHENING
SCHOOL SECURITY
It’s of critical importance for school administrators to do everything in their power to enhance the effectiveness of the physical systems in and around their facilities. Here are two resources that can assist in this effort. The first is a security audit document from PASS (Partner Alliance for Safer Schools), which lays out a list of standards, developed by a coalition of law enforcement, security professionals, architects, and school administrators, that defines threats common to schools at each educational level. The second is a basic checklist of some fundamental things every school can do to strengthen security and keep students and staff safer.
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COMMUNITIES SERVED
SECURE • TRAIN • EDUCATE • PROTECT
As part of our commitment to our STEP Up initiative, Convergint has been working to provide free interior and exterior security systems installations, security upgrades, and security assessments to 24 schools in our local communities. Underserved schools in need of stronger security are welcome to apply at the link below for consideration for this program.
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