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At Allegion, school security is more than a product conversation. Our purpose is to create peace of mind by pioneering safety and security. As a company of experts, our vision is to make the world safer by securing the places where people enjoy life. Children not only need educational tools to learn, but also a secure environment to thrive.

Paul Timm, host of The Changing Face of School Security, an Allegion podcast

At Allegion, school security and safety is more than just a product conversation. It is part of our mission.

Our employees care about the teachers, staff and students in our communities. We have children, family members, friends and neighbors in K-12 schools and universities around the world. And we’re passionate about keeping them safe.

Driven by values like “do the right thing” and “serve others, not yourself,” we recognize that securing our schools requires the hearts, minds and hands of many. It’s a collective effort, one that takes all of us working together. While we’re proud to design and manufacture high-quality doors and hardware that play an integral role in school safety, we’re even more proud to come alongside K-12 leaders and their teams as partners to help build standards, connect industry players, and develop layered security approaches and related policies.

That’s why, throughout Safe Schools Week, we’ll highlight organizations, best practices and solutions that are part of this meaningful work, with the goal of fostering collaborative conversations that truly help establish environments where students can thrive.

Pioneering safety is Allegion’s mission – and I can’t think of a better way to fulfill this mission than working together to protect our kids, our future.

Dave Ilardi

President, Allegion Americas

The Changing Face of School Security Podcast

From school security coordinators and analysts to non-profit organizations and trusted advisors in the K-12 solutions space, this podcast highlights the changemakers in the K-12 industry. Hosted by Paul Timm, Director of Education Safety for Allegion, he is a board-certified Physical Security Professional (PSP), author and nationally acclaimed expert in physical security.

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Featured Articles

Three ways schools can improve campus safety by Paul Timm

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles can enhance campus safety and deter potential criminal behavior.

Best Practices for Classroom Locks by Ken Cook

This article, published in the Security Journal Americas, highlights the imporance of safety for every student and staff member, in every situation, every day.

Classroom Safety: More than just a door

When addressing classroom security, also take into consideration protocols, windows, training, visitor management, and emergency plans.

Security & Safety of Door Openings: 7 Steps to Code Compliance

While the requirements of the model codes and standards may seem difficult to interpret and apply, here are 7 considerations for door openings, to help ensure the safety of all building occupants.

Improving Access Control Takes Everyone, Especially You

Provides an overview of the importance of access control and communication in school security.

Candy Lane Elementary School

This elementary school relocated the main office and reconfigured the layout, so staff faced forward towards the interior hallway, making it easier to welcome students and carefully monitor who is entering and exiting the building.

Solutions by Application

Main Entrance

Solutions for securing the main entrance and vestibule of a school.

Perimeter Doors

Solutions for bus, staff, athletic/playground and other entrances, as well as receiving doors and emergency exits.

Administration Office

Solutions for securing the administration office.

Assembly Areas

Includes gymnasium, cafeteria, auditorium, media center and music rooms.

Classrooms

Best practices for classroom security.

Cross Corridors (Compartmentalization)

Compartmentalization allows areas or wings of the school to be secured, preventing free movement throughout the building in cases of emergency.

Courtyards

Courtyards can present a challenge when it comes to school security.

Mechanical/Maintenance Areas

Solutions for securing custodial, boiler, electrical mechanical, and riser rooms.

High Security Areas

Secure areas that require a higher level of security, such as data and record storage, nurse’s office or medicine closet, and laboratories or chemical closet.

Stairwells

Solutions that meet lockdown needs and fire codes.

Funding

One of the major challenges schools face is securing funding to support diverse educational programs, staff, and facility needs. Click here to learn about some of the funding sources that can be used to secure schools.

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Resources

School Security Best Practices for Openings

Combined overview of industry recommended best practices for safety and security of openings, doors and hardware as recommended by security organizations, federal reports, and past incident reports.

Best Practices for Securing Classroom Locks

This infographic reviews industry best practices for securing locks on classroom doors and recommended lock functions.

Panic Hardware: How to Know if it is Secure

This infographic breaks down the main components of a panic device, how to know if an opening with a panic device is secure from both interior and exterior sides of the door, and options for securing perimeter doors.

Allegion Code Reference Guide

The Fire, Life Safety, and Accessibility Code Guide provides a detailed, combined reference resource of fire, life safety and accessibility codes.

Security & Safety of Door Openings: 7 Steps to Code Compliance

While the requirements of the model codes and standards may seem difficult to interpret and apply, here are 7 considerations for door openings, to help ensure the safety of all building occupants.

Code Requirements for Classroom Doors

Learn which model codes pertain to classrooms

Intro to Door Hardware: Options for Securing Classroom Doors

Find out which functions are best for securing classroom doors.

Safe and Sound Schools

Safe and Sound Schools provides advocacy and resources for crisis prevention, response, and recovery, helping to protect every school, every student, every day.

I Love You Guys

The “I Love U Guys” Foundation’s programs for crisis response and post-crisis reunification are used in more than 45,000 schools, districts, departments, agencies, organizations and communities around the world.

PASS Guidelines and Checklist

PASS Guidelines and Resources are tools for objective analysis by school officials, community stakeholders, and solutions providers for assessing and prioritizing of school safety and security needs. PASS introductory video.

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Anonymous Threat Response Guidance for K-12 Schools: This toolkit and accompanying reference guide can help K-12 schools, law enforcement, and community partners assess, respond to and prepare for anonymous threats of violence, including those received on social media.

Standard for an Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response (ASHER) Program

Protect your community with NFPA 3000®. This standard addresses all aspects of the process, from identifying hazards and assessing vulnerability to planning, resource management, incident management at a command level, competencies for first responders, and recovery.