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Like many schools across the country, the Columbine shooting incident motivated
Ames Community School District in Ames, Iowa, to re-evaluate security measures at
all of its schools. Once administrators decided to implement electronic security,
they selected a networked access control system that will link all of the schools
together.
Due to budget constraints, the district's proposal called for a long-term project
in which the card access system at each of its 10 schools, as well as two other
buildings, would be slowly implemented. To date, Per Mar Security of Ames, Iowa,
the security company handling the project, has installed cards and readers at three
of its schools. The company just finished a fourth installation in September.
Loss of Keys Prompts District to Go to Cards
Throughout the years, the schools at Ames Community School District have not had
serious security problems, says William Schoenenberger, director of technology for
the district. But working proactively, administrators wanted to make sure an incident
like the one at Columbine would not happen there. So, addressing the district's
issue of missing building keys, administrators decided on an access control system
to avoid paying for keys that could eventually be lost or stolen.
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