It’s even more understandable when you consider the crises that have affected school districts nationwide.

That’s why school administrators and communities are implementing new and improved safety measures to keep students safe. Here are some ways to improve school security and safety that you must implement immediately.

Establish a Visitor Management System

School security should be aware of everyone present on school property at all times. Many schools have already upgraded their door locks to release only when office personnel permit. This additional barrier gives faculty time to evaluate visitors and make a decision regarding entry permission. The primary individuals who should be present on school property at all times are teachers and students.

Studies by the National Center for Education Statistics found that almost 80% of schools now utilize locked entrance and exit doors during school hours. For those who must enter the school environment, they must report to the front administrative office and provide their information. Upon doing this, they can wear a visitor badge that all staff should be trained to look out for.

School security will also be on the lookout for anyone who looks out of place or is not wearing this badge. Establishing multiple gateways to manage your visitors gives your staff an opportunity to mobilize and be proactive if something is amiss.

Encourage Students to Report Strange Activity

Students are often hesitant to report bullying or strange activity to their parents or teachers. This is why it’s important to provide your students with an opportunity to speak out, whether it be privately or confidentially.

Many schools have adopted campaigns to make it easier for students to report things be it via their mobile phones or by leaving anonymous slips at designated points throughout the school. If you provide an opportunity for young people to get involved in school safety, you have one more avenue of communication to combat potential threats.

Prepare for the Worst Case Scenario

It’s an extremely tragic occurrence, but schools must face the reality that active shooters or bombers can be a threat to otherwise safe school communities. With the help of security personnel, students and staff should learn emergency response plans to navigate these crises.

Security and staff can further protect the building beyond advanced locks by utilizing 3M Safety Series Window Film. This material can be clear or tinted, providing your rooms with additional privacy as well protection and security. The primary use of this film is to reinforce glass and contain it in the event of breakage. This protects those inside from being harmed by glass shards and gives intruders an additional hurdle to navigate through when trying to get inside.

Schools may also choose to implement drills and plans for children to follow through with should they be in danger. However, be especially careful to make these exercises comfortable for students as it may cause mental harm to young people not prepared to deal with the fear that comes with these situations. It’s ideal to be prepared, but you always want students to feel safe in their school as well.

Help Improve Your School Security – Sunray Window Films

Sunray Window Films has helped the education industry improve their window security for over 20 years. We know that there is nothing more important or valuable than the happiness and security of your children. We value our role in helping educators make the school environment safer and more productive for children of all ages.

If you’re interested more in how our products help protect students, you can read more about it here. For other questions about how we can help your school, give us a call today at (800) 295-8468 to receive an obligation-free quote.

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Helping Keep Outside Dangers Outside

Sunray installed 3M Safety & Security Window Film Ultra S800 to the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland. Here are all the benefits:

• Mitigates hazards from shattered glass due to natural and human causes
• Increases security and provides added protection against smash and grab  burglaries
• Provides protection to people and property from flying glass in wind storms and seismic activity
• Increases ant-spall protection for laminated glass
• Can be combined with 3M Impact Protection attachment systems for an additional safety & security
• Helps extend the life of furnishings by significantly reducing harmful UV rays, the largest cause of fading

When weather or criminals try and do their worst, protect people and property with Sunray® Window Films

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Provide Increased Security Efforts In Schools Against Armed Aggressors

Protect yourself from tornadoes, terrorism, violent weather, & unwanted perpetrators

There’s no denying the aesthetic value glass windows and doors give a  commercial building. But is glass really the best defense for your students, teachers and personal property when danger looms outside. After the tragedy in Newtown Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary School, many schools are looking for added protection with increased security and added precaution.

3MUltra S800 Safety Window Film specified for Schools will help hold your glass in place during tornadoes, severe winds, earthquakes, even bomb blasts from terrorist explosions. It helps maintain the integrity of a building’s outer shell to keep wind, rain and flying shattered glass shards from wreaking havoc inside the building. It also helps reduce damage and injury from indoor incidents like children running into or throwing things at glass doors or windows.

3M Ultra S800 Window Film also helps deter unwanted perpetrators by eliminating their most crucial weapon…time. Criminals rely on quick and easy access for a   successful break-in. A door or window that slows them down is one that will probably make them go away.

Thicker is not necessarily better

The general rule is the thicker the film, the stronger the film. But that’s not always the case. What’s crucial is impact- and tear-resistance. And 3M’s got the best.

  3M’s patented micro-layered polyester technology outperforms all other films of similar thickness.  That’s because our micro-layered technology makes the film and glass more flexible, so they absorb some of the impacts and are more likely to stay in the window frame without breaking. And even if the glass does break, the window film helps hold the glass together, significantly reducing the chance of injury from flying shards. Several years ago, the General Services Administration (GSA) mandated a universal standard for measuring the level of blast protection. The GSA developed criteria for the evaluation of acceptable levels of protection for the glass fragment hazard. This criterion is part of the comprehensive security criteria (GSA Security Criteria, Final Working Version, January 1997) developed by the GSA which includes physical security, electronic security, and many other criteria for blast considerations. The GSA has indicated a preference, but not a requirement, for open-air high explosive testing rather than shock tube testing. This is because current shock tube testing methods cannot adequately emulate air blast waveforms from real explosions and tend to be over-energetic at the same peak blast pressure level versus real explosions.

3M Impact Protection Adhesive improves the overall performance of 3M safety and security window films. This unique window protection system combines the toughness of 3M’s patented micro-layer safety film with 3M’s world-class expertise in an adhesive’s to help shield against impact energy from severe weather, terrorist activity, earthquakes, bomb blasts or forced entry events. The 3M Impact Protection System also helps protect against personal injury against flying glass.

Tested and re-tested

3M™ Safety & Security Window Film is one of the most vigorously tested fragment retention films out there. Windstorms, bomb blasts, armed aggressors, flying objects…we’ve thrown everything we can think of at it to make sure it not only meets but exceeds industry standards for impact- and tear-resistance. And a proprietary, scratch-resistant coating keeps the film looking good year after year. No special maintenance is needed-simply clean your windows as you normally would.

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Provide Increased Security Efforts In Schools Against Armed Aggressors

Protect yourself from tornadoes, terrorism, violent weather, & unwanted perpetrators

There’s no denying the aesthetic value glass windows and doors give a  commercial building. But is glass really the best defense for your students, teachers and personal property when danger looms outside. After the tragedy in Newtown Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary School, many schools are looking for added protection with increased security and added precaution.

3M S600 Safety Window Film specified for Schools will help hold your glass in place during tornadoes, severe winds, earthquakes, even bomb blasts from terrorist explosions. It helps maintain the integrity of a building’s outer shell to keep wind, rain and flying shattered glass shards from wreaking havoc inside the building. It also helps reduce damage and injury from indoor incidents like children running into or throwing things at glass doors or windows.

3M Ultra S600 Window Film also helps deter unwanted perpetrators by eliminating their most crucial weapon…time. Criminals rely on quick and easy access for a successful break-in. A door or window that slows them down is one that will probably make them go away.

Thicker is not necessarily better

The general rule is the thicker the film, the stronger the film. But that’s not always the case. What’s crucial is impact- and tear-resistance. And 3M’s got the best.

 3M’s patented micro-layered polyester technology outperform all other films of similar thickness.  That’s because our micro-layered technology makes the film and glass more flexible, so they absorb some of the impact and are more likely to stay in the window frame without breaking. And even if the glass does break, the window  film helps hold the glass together, significantly reducing the chance of injury from flying shards. Several years ago, the General Services Administration (GSA) mandated a universal standard for measuring the level of blast protection. The GSA developed criteria for evaluation of acceptable levels of protection for the glass fragment hazard. This criteria is part of the comprehensive security criteria (GSA Security Criteria, Final Working Version, January 1997) developed by the GSA which includes physical security, electronic security, and many other criteria for blast considerations. The GSA has indicated a preference, but not a requirement, for open-air high explosive testing rather than shock tube testing. This is because current shock tube testing methods cannot adequately emulate air blast waveforms from real explosions and tend to be over-energetic at the same peak blast pressure level versus real explosions.

3M Impact Protection Adhesive improves the overall performance of 3M safety and security window films. This unique window protection system combines the toughness of 3M’s patented micro layer safety film with 3M’s world class expertise in a adhesive’s to help shield against impact energy from severe weather, terrorist activity, earthquakes, bomb blasts or forced entry events. The 3M Impact Protection System also helps protect against personal injury against flying glass.

Tested and re-tested

3M™ Safety & Security Window Film is one of the most vigorously tested fragment retention films out there. Windstorms, bomb blasts, armed aggressors, flying objects…we’ve thrown everything we can think of at it to make sure it not only meets, but exceeds industry standards for impact- and tear-resistance. And a proprietary, scratch-resistant coating keeps the film looking good year after year. No special maintenance is needed-simply clean your windows as you normally would.

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