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District to roll out wearable Cintegix alert badges; staff training begins Sept. 22
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Miller said the district will begin training staff on a wearable badge-based Cintegix alert system Sept. 22, with a fuller rollout planned in October during School Safety Month; trainings take about 20 minutes and badges send discreet alerts to designated responders.
Dr. Miller, the district superintendent, said the South Fayette School District will implement a Cintegix wearable badge safety-alert system and begin staff training on Sept. 22. The badge, Dr. Miller said, allows staff to discreetly request help during an emergency by sending an alert to designated responders.
The training sessions set to start Sept. 22 will last about 20 minutes for staff who will wear the badge; responders’ sessions will take longer, and staff must test badges before leaving training to confirm functionality, Dr. Miller said. The district plans a fuller rollout in October during School Safety Month that will include refresher training on ALICE and student drills. Parents will be notified about each building’s safety efforts.
District leaders credited several administrators and campus safety staff for leading the project. Dr. Miller named Kevin Maurer, Rob Borfield, Ethan Sirikas and Officer Mike Symansky as key participants, and thanked principals and the leadership team for coordination. Dr. Miller also noted that ALICE drills are conducted by administrators who are ALICE trainers and thanked Christine Wagner Dietch and Dr. Kristen Dykler for coordinating those trainings.
No formal board vote was taken on the Cintegix system during the meeting; the superintendent presented the rollout timeline and training plan as part of the monthly report. The announcement included operational details — the badge’s discrete alerting function, the requirement to test badges at the end of training, and a district plan to pair the badge rollout with existing ALICE training and student drills during School Safety Month.
The district did not provide detailed technical specifications, procurement costs, or a firm date for when all buildings will have fully operational coverage during the meeting.
