Bond: Security Projects

Digital Mapping / Alert Notification / Panic Alert System

Project Scope

The district selected the Centegix press-button alert system, which routes requests for help to key personnel instantly. The hardware for for the crisis alert system has been installed throughout district facilities. Centegix provides clear and critical information to all impacted personnel, ensuring everyone is ready to respond to any situation. First responders receive precise location information, enabling them to respond faster. The system delivers alert location accuracy, total campus coverage, and immediate audio and visual notification, all with simple activation via a press-button badge.

Key Features

• Panic alert system, lockdown button upgrades and additions
• Allows emergency responders access to a digital layout of campus/district facilities
• Includes visual strobe lights & audio into Lockdown procedures
• Upgrades existing lockdown buttons at some campuses to standardized across the district. Adds additional lockdown buttons throughout the school separate from the front office.

Project Status

• Testing of the equipment is ongoing to ensure proper integration of Centegix software and digital mapping verification with LISD’s technology infrastructure. Staff will be trained before the alert system becomes active.
• Spring 2023
  Installation of Centegix hardware throughout LISD facilities

Project Details

Phase

Estimated Timeline

Start: Spring 2023
Finish: Summer 2024

Funding Source

Grant

Estimated Project Budget

Digital Mapping System: $144,000
Alert Notification System: $100,000
Panic Alert System: $87,000
Total: $331,000

Actual Cost

The actual cost will be listed here upon project completion. Any money leftover from the budget goes into project savings, managed by the Bond Oversight Committee.

Vendor

Centegix

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Forced Entry-resistant film

Project Scope

Glass exterior doors and/or windows adjacent to or near a door on the ground level that’s not in a secured areas will be reinforced with entry-resistant film.

Project Status

• October 2023
  This project has been completed at nearly 60 percent of LISD campuses.
• Fall 2023
  Installation underway
• Summer 2023
  Materials purchased

Project Details

Phase

Estimated Timeline

Start: Summer 2023
Finish: Winter 2023

Funding Source

Bond 2023

Estimated Project Budget

$1,192,400

Actual Cost

The actual cost will be listed here upon project completion. Any money leftover from the budget goes into project savings, managed by the Bond Oversight Committee.

Contractors

Job Order Contract: American Constructors

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Security Cameras: Replace Existing & Add New

Project Scope

Add analytic technologies and upgrade/add cameras and servers to include exterior and portable entries, interior transitional areas, and parking lots with pick up/drop off areas. The current servers end-of-life cycle is 2023. These servers will be replaced to avoid camera access failure. The project will also include additional servers to accommodate additional cameras and analytic technology proposed.

Project Status

• Future steps include determining camera placement and outlining an installation process
• September 2023
  Work began by ordering servers.

Project Details

Phase

Estimated Timeline

Start: Fall 2023
Finish: Summer 2025

Funding Source

Bond 2023

Estimated Project Budget

$5,235,000

Actual Cost

The actual cost will be listed here upon project completion. Any money leftover from the budget goes into project savings, managed by the Bond Oversight Committee.

Contractors

To be determined

Door Handles

Project Scope

Replace portable and exterior classroom function door handles with storage function handles, auto closing & locking mechanisms, and allow emergency exit from the inside while remaining locked.

Interior classroom door handles and interior key switching and auto-locking hardware are also included in this project.

Project Status

• Updates will be shared here as project details become clear.

Project Details

Phase

Estimated Timeline

Start: Spring 2024
Finish: To be determined

Funding Source

Bond 2023

Estimated Project Budget

Portable & Exterior Door Handles: $200,000
Interior Classroom Door Handles: $2,700,000
Interior Key Switching & Auto-Locking Hardware: $200,000
Total: $3,100,000

Actual Cost

The actual cost will be listed here upon project completion. Any money leftover from the budget goes into project savings, managed by the Bond Oversight Committee.

Vendor(s)

To be determined

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Fencing

Project Scope

All courtyard fencing must be 6 feet tall and non-scalable or a minimum of 8 feet tall. 

Project Status

• Spring 2024
  Project Complete.
• Work on this project is ongoing.

Project Details

Phase

Estimated Timeline

Start: Summer 2023
Finish: Winter 2023

Funding Source

Bond 2023

Estimated Project Budget

$160,000

Actual Cost

The actual cost will be listed here upon project completion. Any money leftover from the budget goes into project savings, managed by the Bond Oversight Committee.

Contractors

Job Order Contract: R.L. Hicks

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Exterior Lighting

Project Scope

Replace all the lights on district facilities that are on all night for security. This will help reduce energy consumption with an estimated net savings of about $280,000 per year.

• Outside wall packs and LED canopy lighting
• Parking lot lights for district facilities: Support Services & Central Transportation
• Indoor LED lighting for Central Transportation in office and shop

Project Status

• Once a vendor is selected, a timeline will be dependent on product availability.
• Fall 2023
  Preparing to go out for bid to select a vendor

Project Details

Estimated Timeline

Start: Fall 2023
Finish: Fall 2024

Funding Source

Bond 2023

Estimated Project Budget

$1,106,604

Actual Cost

The actual cost will be listed here upon project completion. Any money leftover from the budget goes into project savings, managed by the Bond Oversight Committee.

Vendor(s)

To be determined

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Exterior Door Numbering

Project Scope

Per a TEA requirement, the primary entrance must be designated as Number 1 and all exterior doors must be numbered and mapped accordingly for mapping and emergency personnel response.

Project Status

• April 2024
  Numbering has been ordered and currently being installed.
• November 2023
  Reviewing submittals from the vendor, which will be returned this month for production

Project Details

Phase

Estimated Timeline

Start: Fall 2023 (Purchasing process)
Finish: Summer 2024

Funding Source

Bond 2023

Estimated Project Budget

$152,000

Actual Cost

The actual cost will be listed here upon project completion. Any money leftover from the budget goes into project savings, managed by the Bond Oversight Committee.

Vendor(s)

Sign Resource Management

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Exterior Lockboxes

Project Scope

Per a TEA requirement, all facilities must include one exterior secure master key box designated to permit emergency access to both law enforcement and emergency responder agencies from the exterior at a location designated by the local authorities with applicable jurisdiction.

Project Status

• April 2024
  Project moved back to Evaluation & Planning phase.
• October 2023
  Conducting site visits to determine locations. Planning to purchase boxes in the coming weeks.

Project Details

Phase

Estimated Timeline

Start: Fall 2023
Finish: Summer 2024

Funding Source

Bond 2023

Estimated Project Budget

$150,000

Actual Cost

The actual cost will be listed here upon project completion. Any money leftover from the budget goes into project savings, managed by the Bond Oversight Committee.

Contractors

Job Order Contract: American Constructors

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Cybersecurity

Project Scope

• Content Filters
  Appliances and subscriptions related to filtering student internet activity, fulfilling the compliance requirement under Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) standards appliances.
• Network Firewalls
  Appliances and subscriptions related to the protection of network traffic to and from the district network. This is a core component of organizational network cybersecurity. This will be incorporated into the building of a second broadband network node and will include refresh of existing systems at the current broadband network node.
• Recovery Appliances
  Disaster recovery processes to include appliances and subscriptions needed. This a core component of district business continuity and disaster recovery plans. This data back-up will be incorporated into the building of a second broadband network node and will include refresh of existing systems at the current broadband network node.

Project Status

• Content Filters: Purchased and Installed.
• Network Firewalls: Pending second broadband network node project
• Recovery Appliances: Pending second broadband network node project

Project Details

Estimated Timelines

Funding Source

Bond 2023

Estimated Project Budget

Content Filters: $500,000
Network Firewalls: $2,000,000
Recovery Appliances: $540,000
Total: $3,040,000

Actual Cost

The actual cost will be listed here upon project completion. Any money leftover from the budget goes into project savings, managed by the Bond Oversight Committee.

Vendor(s)

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