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Board OKs $1.24 million elementary audio-visual / paging system; cameras left for later phase

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Marshalltown board approved a $1,242,303.58 quote to upgrade paging, bells and classroom audio in all elementary schools; the board declined adding classroom cameras now to reduce summer installation complexity and cost.

The Marshalltown Community School District board voted Feb. 10 to approve a $1,242,303.58 contract to install audio enhancement systems—paging, bells, intercom and classroom audio—across the district’s elementary schools, with classroom camera expansion deferred to a later phase.

Superintendent Dr. Theron Schutte and technology staff said many elementary buildings lacked consistent intercom and hall/ gym paging, a situation they called a safety and operational gap. The approved package, delivered by…

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