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Danvers moves Smith School alerts to district InformaCast after false lockdown
Summary
After an inadvertent lockdown activation at Smith School, Superintendent Bauer and Principal Powers told the Jan. 12 School Committee the district has decommissioned the standalone Smith lockdown system and migrated alerts to the district-wide InformaCast platform to reduce false activations and centralize notifications.
Superintendent Bauer told the School Committee the Dec. 29 lockdown at Smith School was an inadvertent activation caused by a fob with a cover and that the district has taken steps to prevent a recurrence.
"I can't sit here in this chair, superintendent, to allow this to happen again," Bauer said, describing a multi-agency debrief with the town manager, police, public works and technology staff and an immediate action…
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