Mission CISD has 22 campuses, and now each one is equipped with a new silent panic alarm system.

"We have a phone system which allows us to designate a red button as a panic button for all of our campuses,” Mission CISD safety and security and emergency management Director Martin Castaneda said.

With just one push of a button, help is on the way, Castaneda said.

“Once a student or a teacher or staff member presses the button, it automatically sends a message to our communications center, sends messages to key personnel in the district as well as to our law enforcement partners,” Castaneda said.

According to Castaneda, the district began preparing for the system two years ago as part of a state mandate.

This year, each classroom and office space across the district has the technology.

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