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MSAD 51 superintendent addresses false alarm that triggered school safety protocols

RSU 51 / MSAD 51 School District · May 4, 2026
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Jeff Porter, superintendent of MSAD 51, said a staff badge inadvertently activated the Syntegix safety platform, triggering protocols at Greeley High School and Mabel I. Wilson School; he apologized for an initial message that showed the wrong date and said the district will review its systems.

Jeff Porter, superintendent of MSAD 51, addressed a false alarm that activated the district's safety platform last Friday and briefly triggered response protocols at Greeley High School and Mabel I. Wilson School.

Porter said the incident "was due to a staff member's safety badge inadvertently activating the platform's beacons at both school locations while handling an unrelated matter on campus." He told listeners that, as reports came into the district office and on social media, staff worked to "delineate between what was…

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