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Board approves $98,330 IP intercom upgrade at North Iredell High for safety, reliability
Summary
The board voted 6–0 to award York Communications a $98,330 contract to replace an aging Valcom intercom at North Iredell High with an IP‑based system, citing repeated storm and lightning damage and safety concerns for lockdown drills.
The Iredell‑Statesville Schools Board of Education approved a $98,330 contract to update the Valcom intercom system at North Iredell High School to an IP‑based system, citing repeated outages and safety concerns at the campus.
District staff told the board the long‑running analog Valcom system is no longer supported and is vulnerable to lightning strikes and storm damage at the North Iredell campus. “When those things happen, it won't be able to spread through the entire school because now it's using the data wires…
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