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Back-to-School Security Checks K–12 Schools Should Make Every Year

The start of the school year brings a familiar checklist for K–12 leaders: prepare classrooms, welcome new students and make sure everything is ready for the year ahead. The back-to-school season provides an opportunity to ensure the procedures and technology supporting school safety work together.

Back-to-School Security Checks K–12 Schools Should Make Every Year

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The start of the school year brings a familiar checklist for K–12 leaders: prepare classrooms, welcome new students and make sure everything is ready for the year ahead.

The back-to-school season provides an opportunity to ensure the procedures and technology supporting school safety work together.

A system that was functioning at the end of the previous year may not be ready for the new one, and it's important to understand where vulnerabilities may have appeared.

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The start of the school year brings a familiar checklist for K–12 leaders: prepare classrooms, welcome new students and make sure everything is ready for the year ahead. The back-to-school season provides an opportunity to ensure the procedures and technology supporting school safety work together. A system that was functioning at the end of the previous year may not be ready for the new one, and it's important to understand where vulnerabilities may have appeared.

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