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North Clackamas SD 12 board approves Vocera wireless communication system contract
Summary
The North Clackamas School District board voted 6-0 to award a not-to-exceed $1.84 million, three-year contract to Vocera for a districtwide wearable wireless communications system that district staff say would replace most walkie-talkies and add location and encryption features.
The North Clackamas School District Board of Directors voted 6-0 on May 27 to approve a contract, not to exceed $1,840,000, with Vocera Communications to provide a districtwide wearable wireless communication system for staff.
District leaders said the Vocera system would provide a one-to-one device for employees, improve indoor coverage through the district Wi‑Fi and on-premises servers, add GPS location for panic-button alerts and use encryption to prevent outside listeners on radio frequencies. Teresa Nef Webster, the district’s chief of operations, and David Cruz, director of safety, security and risk management, answered board questions before the vote.
Webster and Cruz told the board the district does not currently have enough two‑way radios to provide one device per staff member and that concrete block construction in some buildings degrades radio…
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