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District seeks $1.15 million safety platform to add wearable alerts, visitor tracking and reunification tools
Summary
District staff recommended the purchase of a Syntegic (Cintegix) safety platform to provide wearable crisis-alert badges, visitor management tied to rosters, mapped safety blueprints and reunification tools, at a proposed five‑year cost of $1,150,920.
Moore County Schools staff asked the board to consider procurement of an integrated school safety technology platform from Cintegix (marketed as Syntegic) that combines visitor management, wearable alert badges, mapped safety blueprints and reunification tools.
Assistant Superintendent Tracy (last name used in session) and Kent (district technology representative) presented the product demonstration and described the district’s current safety tools (Active Defender alerting app, two campus panic systems, and a Raptor visitor-management installation currently in year-one). Staff said the integrated platform would expand capabilities, including a wearable “crisis alert” badge that summons immediate school responders, a visitor badge and tracking capability tied to Infinite Campus rosters, and reunification workflows for major incidents.
Staff told the board the Syntegic system uses long-range wireless (LoRa) rather than Wi‑Fi or Bluetooth location schemes and is maintained by the vendor; batteries in badges and beacons are expected to provide roughly two years of service life. The vendor’s platform is not dependent on staff or teacher mobile apps, staff said, and the company provides installation, mapping and staff training. Staff also reported having contacted other school districts and emergency services partners; most references were strongly positive. Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s early implementation had problems, the vendor told the district, but the platform design was reworked using LoRa and the vendor said those early problems were addressed.
The total proposed initial five‑year cost for the platform — including portal, badges, mapping, installation and vendor-managed maintenance — is $1,150,920 with yearly maintenance costs thereafter (staff proposed charging the purchase to Fund 8 miscellaneous safety revenues). District staff said the purchase could replace current Active Defender and Raptor annual contracts.
Board members asked questions about 911 notification, failure modes, costs, and whether the County’s emergency services partner endorsed the platform; staff replied that the platform initiates an alert to 911 in parallel with local response and that Moore County Emergency Services described the platform as a “gold standard.” Locklear and staff said the item would be a board action item at the March 10 meeting and requested board direction.
Ending: Staff recommended the board consider approval on March 10; staff will provide additional deployment detail and cost accounting in the business meeting materials.
