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Hello Everyone,

I would love to hear from some schools regarding how their security systems are integrated when they have multiple campuses.  

At St. Anne's-Belfield School, we have two campuses that are about a mile apart.  Our campuses have independent internet, and we have a metro-E connection between the campuses so that they can communicate with each other.  We use Schlage SMS for our access control and Valcom for our paging system.  These systems are tied together so that if there is a threat, an employee can swipe one of the many lockdown readers with their fob, which will trigger an audio message over Valcom and lock all of the access control doors on both campuses.  We are reviewing our security systems and want to ensure we are in line with what other similar institutions are doing.  We are thinking about isolating both campuses so that they can be locked down independently from each other.  

If you are willing, please share how you are handling this.  

Thank you, and I appreciate the conversation!
#ITSystemsandSupport

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Mark Adair
Director of IT
St. Anne-s-Belfield School
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@Mark Adair I may not have much to add but would love to talk as I am in a similar situation with three campuses, metro-E, and multiple redundant Internet links. We are using Exacq for our cameras and Kantech for access control. We recently moved to GoTo for our phone system and working on getting our paging under control.  If you'd like to chat, let me know as it might be good just to hear what each are doing.

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William Stites
Director of Technology
Montclair Kimberley Academy
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-23-2022 04:31 PM
From: Mark Adair
Subject: Multi-Campus Security

Hello Everyone,

I would love to hear from some schools regarding how their security systems are integrated when they have multiple campuses.  

At St. Anne's-Belfield School, we have two campuses that are about a mile apart.  Our campuses have independent internet, and we have a metro-E connection between the campuses so that they can communicate with each other.  We use Schlage SMS for our access control and Valcom for our paging system.  These systems are tied together so that if there is a threat, an employee can swipe one of the many lockdown readers with their fob, which will trigger an audio message over Valcom and lock all of the access control doors on both campuses.  We are reviewing our security systems and want to ensure we are in line with what other similar institutions are doing.  We are thinking about isolating both campuses so that they can be locked down independently from each other.  

If you are willing, please share how you are handling this.  

Thank you, and I appreciate the conversation!
#ITSystemsandSupport

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Mark Adair
Director of IT
St. Anne-s-Belfield School
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I'd be happy to share with both of you what we are doing on our campuses. I'll be good at giving the 30,000 ft view of security overall and what we have set up, but I won't be able to speak much about the techy details.
Original Message:
Sent: 09-23-2022 04:31 PM
From: Mark Adair
Subject: Multi-Campus Security

Hello Everyone,

I would love to hear from some schools regarding how their security systems are integrated when they have multiple campuses.  

At St. Anne's-Belfield School, we have two campuses that are about a mile apart.  Our campuses have independent internet, and we have a metro-E connection between the campuses so that they can communicate with each other.  We use Schlage SMS for our access control and Valcom for our paging system.  These systems are tied together so that if there is a threat, an employee can swipe one of the many lockdown readers with their fob, which will trigger an audio message over Valcom and lock all of the access control doors on both campuses.  We are reviewing our security systems and want to ensure we are in line with what other similar institutions are doing.  We are thinking about isolating both campuses so that they can be locked down independently from each other.  

If you are willing, please share how you are handling this.  

Thank you, and I appreciate the conversation!
#ITSystemsandSupport

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Mark Adair
Director of IT
St. Anne-s-Belfield School
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@Mark Adair - Shoot me an email (listed in contact info) or let me know what your address is, and we can get something scheduled.​

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William Stites
Director of Technology
Montclair Kimberley Academy
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-23-2022 04:31 PM
From: Mark Adair
Subject: Multi-Campus Security

Hello Everyone,

I would love to hear from some schools regarding how their security systems are integrated when they have multiple campuses.  

At St. Anne's-Belfield School, we have two campuses that are about a mile apart.  Our campuses have independent internet, and we have a metro-E connection between the campuses so that they can communicate with each other.  We use Schlage SMS for our access control and Valcom for our paging system.  These systems are tied together so that if there is a threat, an employee can swipe one of the many lockdown readers with their fob, which will trigger an audio message over Valcom and lock all of the access control doors on both campuses.  We are reviewing our security systems and want to ensure we are in line with what other similar institutions are doing.  We are thinking about isolating both campuses so that they can be locked down independently from each other.  

If you are willing, please share how you are handling this.  

Thank you, and I appreciate the conversation!
#ITSystemsandSupport

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Mark Adair
Director of IT
St. Anne-s-Belfield School
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@William Stites  -  Sorry for my slow response.  I would love to have a conversation and learn what you are doing at Montclair Kimberley Academy.  I will send you an email so we can schedule something soon.

Have a great weekend!​​

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Mark Adair
Director of IT
St. Anne-s-Belfield School
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-30-2022 07:56 AM
From: William Stites
Subject: Multi-Campus Security

@Mark Adair - Shoot me an email (listed in contact info) or let me know what your address is, and we can get something scheduled.​

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William Stites
Director of Technology
Montclair Kimberley Academy

Original Message:
Sent: 09-23-2022 04:31 PM
From: Mark Adair
Subject: Multi-Campus Security

Hello Everyone,

I would love to hear from some schools regarding how their security systems are integrated when they have multiple campuses.  

At St. Anne's-Belfield School, we have two campuses that are about a mile apart.  Our campuses have independent internet, and we have a metro-E connection between the campuses so that they can communicate with each other.  We use Schlage SMS for our access control and Valcom for our paging system.  These systems are tied together so that if there is a threat, an employee can swipe one of the many lockdown readers with their fob, which will trigger an audio message over Valcom and lock all of the access control doors on both campuses.  We are reviewing our security systems and want to ensure we are in line with what other similar institutions are doing.  We are thinking about isolating both campuses so that they can be locked down independently from each other.  

If you are willing, please share how you are handling this.  

Thank you, and I appreciate the conversation!
#ITSystemsandSupport

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Mark Adair
Director of IT
St. Anne-s-Belfield School
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