Case Study

Colorado School District Transforms Emergency Readiness And Response

Colorado School District Transforms Emergency Readiness And Response

Pueblo County School District 70 (D-70) spans 2,400 square miles in central Colorado where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains meet the Great Plains. The largest district geographically in the state, D-70 enrolls approximately 9,500 students at 20 schools. For Colorado administrators and their colleagues nationwide, school safety is a paramount concern. In fact, 97 percent of U.S. educators say it is their top priority and 96 percent believe having always-available communications for emergencies is important. 1 Colorado is the first state in the nation to envision “communications interoperability” to connect their schools to first responders. This enables personnel to talk the moment they need to on any radio and with public safety. Like hundreds of K-12 schools throughout the nat

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