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Monroe County Community School Corp. (MCCSC) high school staff will wear panic button badges this school year.
The badges can discreetly alert administrators to an issue or trigger a school-wide lockdown.
MCCSC signed a five-year contract with Centegix for approximately $126,800 to implement the system.
Monroe County Community School Corp. high school staffers will be wearing some new, functional jewelry this school year.
Starting this fall, all teachers and staff members at Bloomington North and South high schools will have panic button badges, capable of discreetly calling for help or initiating a lockdown of the entire school with the push of a button.
Panic buttons are a form of rapid response security that are being utilized at a growing number of schools a