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Superintendent disables voice-activated lockdown device after multiple false alarms at Clark campus
Summary
Superintendent Tim Rosner said he removed the voice-activated lockdown device at Clark High/Middle School after several false activations and that the system will remain off while the district tests protocols and provides staff and student outreach.
Superintendent Tim Rosner told the East Meadow board that he and district staff removed a voice-activated lockdown device from Clark High School/Clark Middle School after "three or four false alarms" that unnerved students, staff and families.
"I went there today with Mr. Velasquez and took it out so it can no longer go off," Rosner said. He said he had received an apology letter from the vendor but that the district would keep the system disabled until it is tested and staff and students are prepared.
Rosner described the device as part of a new lockdown system that…
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