New Albany-Plain Local School District to use new safety tool [Video]

NEW ALBANY, Ohio — Across the nation, school safety is a priority for many communities.

The school district is working with the incident response safety company, Centegix, to add their crisis alert system.

Each staff member will wear a badge on their lanyard and in the event of an emergency, they can press the button on their badge to signal a full school lockdown.

Once the badge is pressed, an alarm sounds alerting staff and students of the emergency.

Staff computers will then immediately show the location of the emergency or threat.

“We are living in a time where threats are made at school and we need to be able to respond quickly,” said Early Learning Center principal Michelle …