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Board approves door-hardware purchase, eyes pilot of Proxis Bluetooth locks at Murray County High
Summary
The board approved purchase orders tied to bond construction funds for door hardware at Murray County High School and discussed a pilot of Proxis Bluetooth locks that allow phone/fob access, have battery backup and a five-year warranty; staff described pilot visits and said wider rollout is anticipated.
The Murray County Board of Education approved purchase orders for door hardware at Murray County High School and heard a detailed staff presentation on a planned pilot of Proxis Bluetooth locks.
Staff explained the purchase order covers door hardware—electronic cylinders and related components—paid initially from construction funds and then submitted for reimbursement from the district’s bond proceeds. The system described is the Proxis platform, which uses Bluetooth for local access, can be managed via an app, supports key fobs for student or staff access, includes battery backup and maintains a key override option if batteries fail.
Staff said the district had piloted similar electronic locks on select rooms and visited a Tennessee district to evaluate the system before recommending this hardware. The presenter said Proxis carries a five-year warranty; individual lock modules can be swapped if they fail.
Board members asked operational questions about software, range (staff said an approximate 70-foot Bluetooth range), subscription needs (staff said no subscription is required), and life-cycle replacement. Staff described implementation controls: administrators can assign and revoke access, and fobs can be limited to specific doors. The board discussed placing these locks on interior doors that require student-access control, rather than on teacher workrooms.
The board approved the related purchase orders by motion and voice vote. Staff indicated the high school would be the first full-school installation and that the district would evaluate broader deployment afterward.
