{"id":20579,"date":"2023-04-06T16:25:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T21:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midwestint.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=20579"},"modified":"2024-04-30T14:30:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T19:30:24","slug":"improve-school-security-student-safety-overland-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midwesttinting.com\/2023\/04\/06\/improve-school-security-student-safety-overland-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve School Security &#038; Student Safety With Window Films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With this school year closing in on Spring Break, many districts are looking into facility security upgrades to improve school security and enhance student safety. Many of the upgrades being discussed and implemented across the country have to do with school security and student safety. It is an unfortunate thing that school safety has become a mainstay in the news. It becomes difficult to discuss school security and student safety strategies without appearing to have an agenda or be trying to sell something.<\/p>\n<p>While we want to be sensitive to this, we also feel that it is important to share information that can have a positive impact on these incidents in the future. This article is designed to illuminate the topic of glass being one of the greatest school safety vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>A recent article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campussafetymagazine.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Campus Safety Magazine<\/a> called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campussafetymagazine.com\/university\/improve-safety-open-campus\/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=content&amp;utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=mc&amp;utm_campaign=381207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9 Ways to Improve Safety on an Open Campus<\/a> discusses a variety of different tactics to improve school security and enhance student safety. Of the various things they discussed, they mention &#8220;<em>Apply security glazing film to all first-floor doors and window glass. Start with door glass first and continue until all first-floor glass is secure.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Liz Crawford wrote another article titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/education\/is-your-childs-school-safe-examining-the-top-3-school-safety-vulnerabilities\/67-552216889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Is Your Child&#8217;s School Safe? Examining The Top 3 School Safety Vulnerabilities<\/a>&#8220;. She noted glass as being one of the top 3 vulnerabilities because of the extensive use of tempered glass in schools. She, along with Craig Gundry, Vice President with Critical Intervention Services, discussed and said &#8220;<em>Another common security vulnerability in schools is extensive use of tempered glass glazing. Tempered glass shatters into small pieces and Gundry believes one gunshot into the glass will make it easy for a gunman to enter the building. Critical Intervention Services estimates a gunman can get into a school in roughly nine seconds if confronted with tempered glass<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gundry Aldo said, \u201c<em>One of the reasons tempered glass has historically been much more common in architectural design as well as indoor environments is because of the price. It is less than half the price typically of laminated glass,<\/em>\u201d.&nbsp;We unfortunately see this specification in schools regularly. There is good news though. This school safety vulnerability can be addressed by retrofitting existing school glass with a security window film. When someone tries to gain access through the glass of a protected door or window, the security window film would allow the glass to break, but it would maintain the glass in the frame. While this film \/ glass combination can eventually be penetrated to gain access, the objective is to create resistance. Slow the entry down.<\/p>\n<p>The goal should be giving school officials and authorities time to respond. Window film offers a cost effective solution with minimal disruption to the facility.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like more information or have any questions about how security window films can improve school security and student safety, please <a href=\"https:\/\/midwesttinting.com\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> by calling <a href=\"tel:913-384-2665\">(913) 384-2665 for Overland Park, Kansas<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:816-353-2665\">(816) 353-2665 for Independence, Missouri<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:816-560-2665\">(816) 560-2665 for Lee\u2019s Summit, Missouri<\/a>. We would be happy to provide you with a free property assessment and estimate on retrofitting security window film in your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independencemo.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independence<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cityofls.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee\u2019s Summit, Missouri,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opkansas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overland Park, Kansas<\/a> area school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With this school year closing in on Spring Break, many districts are looking into facility security upgrades to improve school security and enhance student safety. Many of the upgrades being discussed and implemented across the country have to do with school security and student safety. 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