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Which Massachusetts school districts will get cut of $7.2M in safety grants

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BOSTON — The Baker-Polito administration on Tuesday awarded $7.2 million in grants to more than 140 school districts across the state to upgrade security equipment and technology.

The money will go toward items such as exterior door locks, surveillance cameras, alarms and active shooter detection systems.

"These investments will provide much needed safety resources to our students and teachers in schools across the Commonwealth," Governor Charlie Baker said. "We appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with school officials to understand how we can better protect our schools, and we are pleased to have worked with the Legislature to award this round of grants. We are hopeful that we can continue this discussion as we consider this year's budget to build on these efforts in more communities."

The funding was included in the Fiscal Year 2018 supplemental budget.

"Our administration is grateful for the input and expertise from school superintendents, mental health experts and law enforcement officials that helped us develop a package of school safety initiatives," Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito added. "It is crucial we continue to give Massachusetts schools the resources and tools they need."

The budget bill signed by the  Governor also included $7.5 million in additional aid for school districts to hire social workers, mental health counselors and psychologists.

Acton Boxborough Regional School District

$80,000.00

Electronic access door controls

Adams Cheshire Regional School District

$49,689.48

Cameras, aiphone IP system, access control main entrance door

Alma Del Mar Charter School

$60,000.00

Surveillance cameras, door locks, doorbells/aiphones

Ashburnham Westminster Regional School District- Overlook Middle School

$59,604.93

Security cameras 

Ashland Public School

$30,000.00

Security cameras

Assabet Regional Technical High School

$80,000.00

Rauland tele-center, intercom/paging system

Atlantis Charter School

$20,000.00

Security cameras, radio sets, security equipment for front doors

Auburn Public School

$48,000.00

Server replacement, new surveillance cameras

Ayer Shirley Regional School District

$40,779.00

Repeaters, radios, FCC License

Barnstable High School

$80,000.00

Video Surveillance System

Bellingham Public School

$22,500.00

Re-key Memorial School, new locking mechanism

Berkley Public Schools

$35,000.00

Perimeter security system, control access entry, LobbyGuard kiosks, camera system

Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter (BART)

$34,950.00

Electronic key card systems, exterior door replacements

Berlin Boylston School District

$34,950.00

Interoperability repeaters, radios, public safety links

Blackstone Millville Regional School District

$14,737.50

Surveillance systems (card readers, IP cameras, access control)

Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational School

$80,000.00

Locks, security cameras, proximity card readers

Braintree Public School

$78,754.00

Surveillance cameras

Bristol County Agricultural High School

$73,005.00

Security system-visual monitoring equipment, door access controls

Brockton Public School

$77,201.55

Door locks, video surveillance cameras

Chelmsford Public School

$60,000.00

S2 software and server hardware, door lock nodes

Clarksburg Public School

$35,000.00

Vestibule/double entry system w/bullet proof glass, video surveillance, access control system

Clinton Public School

$30,000.00

Proximity card system, remote alarm system

Cohasset Middle/High School

$34,670.00

Expand coverage of interior camera system

Community Charter School of Cambridge

$80,000.00

Security systems

Concord Public School

$18,680.00

Exterior cameras

Conway Grammar School

$30,000.00

Door structures, locking hardware, access control system

Dedham Public School

$31,873.00

Exterior door locks, security vestibule

Deerfield Elementary School

$31,500.00

External door monitoring technology, video surveillance system

Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District

$60,000.00

Replace worn/outdated doors and locking hardware

Duxbury Public School

$60,000.00

Security cameras, lock down emergency notification system

East Bridgewater Public/Gordon W. Mitchell School

$45,000.00

Security equipment for doors and main entrances

Easton Public School

$20,620.48

Update to security camera systems

Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School

$75,000.00

Electronic door system, keypads, interior/exterior cameras, lobby guard system

Farmington River Regional Elementary School

$10,000.00

Interior and exterior video surveillance cameras

Fitchburg Public School

$80,000.00

Upgrade to entry doors/locks, emergency exit doors

Foxboro Regional Charter School

$46,666.67

Door locks

Foxborough Public School

$40,848.75

Exterior door hardware, panic bars and locking control system

Framingham Public School

$60,000.00

Active Shooter Detection

Franklin Public School

$60,000.00

Security cameras, panic buttons, access control switches

Freetown/Lakeville Regional School District

$65,432.02

Door access control system, restricted keyway door locks

Frontier Regional School

$22,000.00

Integrated access control system w/card readers

Gardner Public School

$60,000.00

Classroom door locks, security cameras, access control system

Gateway Regional School District

$26,577.00

Single point of entry system 

Georgetown Public School

$35,000.00

Radio systems with repeaters, replacement radios and programming

Granby Public School

$30,400.00

New doors and locking hardware

Greater Lawrence Technical School

$80,000.00

HDTV external network cameras, external Public announcement system, Ethernet enabled integrated external door controllers

Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School

$11,220.00

Security cameras and intercom system

Greenfield Public School

$60,000.00

Surveillance cameras, single entry door locks

Groton-Dunstable Regional School District

$49,213.00

Two-way radios to police and fire

Hadley Public School

$34,057.45

Exterior doors and locks, key fob systems with single secure entry points, interior classroom door locks

Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District

$60,000.00

Cameras, panic buttons, single point entry locking device, stop the bleed kits

Hampshire Regional School

$59,034.52

Secure single-entry front doors, front reception window

Hatfield Public School District

$33,826.00

Corbin door locks, install thumbscrews, repair panic bars, blue strobe light

Hingham Public School

$56,980.00

Locking hardware with electronic access systems. Public Address systems

Holliston Public School

$60,000.00

Exterior camera surveillance system

Holyoke Public School

$47,851.00

Door locks, entry door vestibule, electric strikes for existing doors, bulletproof security window, exterior/interior cameras

Hopedale Public School

$35,000.00

Door Locks, security cameras, visitor management system, RFDI scanner

Hopkinton Public School

$49,000.00

Visitor Management System 

Hudson Public School

$60,000.00

Security management hardware and software

Lawrence Public School

$71,300.00

Enhanced communication security system

Lee Middle and High School

$30,550.00

Vestibule, remote access control, security glass, locks

Leicester High School

$52,673.75

Access control and video monitoring

Leominster Public School

$74,448.68

Exterior doors, emergency buttons, security cameras

Leverett Elementary School

$8,882.00

Keyless access points for entrances

Lincoln Sudbury Regional School

$59,000.00

Dukane Communications System

Lowell Public School

$72,000.00

Interior double doors and locks

Lunenburg Public School

$55,500.00

Single cameras, multi focus/multi directional cameras

Lynn Public School

$49,600.00

RAVE mobile school safety app

Malden Public School

$60,000.00

Security cameras

Mansfield Public School

$79,995.00

Exterior doors and locks

Marlborough Public School

$40,000.00

Update security cameras

Martha's Vineyard Regional School District

$60,000.00

Laminate film on interior windows, standard key locking mechanisms on interior doors

Masconomet Regional School District

$80,000.00

Door locks and hardware

McCann Technical School/Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District

$24,393.95

Surveillance cameras, wireless access points, POE injectors, vinyl window block out clings

Medford Public School

$38,502.00

Security rated impact resistance film for doors, online training platform

Medway Public School

$60,000.00

Replace classroom doorknobs/locksets

Mendon-Upton Regional School District

$28,678.00

Security cameras and security system

Methuen Public School

$79,461.88

Classroom door locks, surveillance cameras

Middleborough Public School

$50,490.00

Security cameras, network server

Millbury Public  School

$59,392.42

Replacement doors, panic buttons, double door locked security, cameras

Mohawk Trail Regional School District

$59,978.00

Security vestibule, security cameras and equipment, blue flashing exterior warning lights, Go-kits

Monomy Regional School District

$60,000.00

Magnetic swipe entry cards 

Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School

$80,000.00

Exterior doors and locks

Nahant Public School- Johnson Elementary

$4,795.00

Security cameras and security system

Nantucket Public School

$45,600.00

Motorola APX Portable radios 

Nashoba Regional School District

$62,230.00

Public safety linking communication system, inclusive of repeaters, linking system, radios and licensing

Nashoba Valley Technical School

$80,000.00

Electronic lock system, interior classroom locks

Natick Public School

$19,995.00

Electronic visitor management equipment and software

New Bedford Public School

$64,000.00

Door safety locks, retro fit door locking device

Newton Public School

$61,570.00

Security cameras, HDMVR server

North Brookfield School

$35,000.00

Interoperability Communication System to include phones

Northbridge Public School

$59,700.00

Exterior door sets, new locksets for doors

Norton Public School

$47,521.00

Cameras, buzzer systems, ID scanning software, visitor badge printers

Norwood Public School

$28,000.00

Interior cameras, card access devices

Old Rochester Regional School District

$60,000.00

Hard access door kit, security cameras and mounts, card access controller

Oxford Public School

$59,111.35

IP security cameras with programming

Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical School

$8,696.24

Exterior door locks, security and ID cutout numbers

Peabody Public School

$56,000.00

SIELOX CLASS (crisis alert status system)

Pembroke Public School

$60,000.00

Card access door system

Pittsfield Public School

$74,038.90

Door security locking and notification system; portable radios, intercom connection to radios, portable radios, emergency bags for schools

Quabbin Regional School District

$60,000.00

Classroom locks

Quaboag Regional School District

$34,900.00

Portable analog/digital radios, repeaters, and Public Safety Link

Quincy Public School

$30,000.00

Exterior Door Locks for Access Control

Rockport Public School

$29,526.00

Key card door locking access systems

Salem Public School

$80,000.00

Wireless security system for exterior doors

Scituate Public School

$24,476.00

Exterior doors and hardware, video cameras and panic alarms

Shrewsbury Public School

$70,000.00

Communications system

Silver Lake Regional School District

$80,000.00

Single entry front access door locks, interoperable communications equipment, security cameras, large stop the bleed kits

Sizer School, A North Central Charter Essential School

$38,437.00

Door locks /panic bars and security cameras

Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School

$25,469.45

Stop the bleed tourniquets, radios and wiring system

Somerset Berkley Regional School District

$60,000.00

Video surveillance equipment, wall-mounted trauma kits, and panic buttons

Somerset Public School

$45,000.00

Video surveillance equipment and panic buttons

Somerville Public Schools

$48,148.67

Surveillance video cameras, network switch

South Shore Regional Vocational Technical High School

$78,375.83

Exterior security doors

Southbridge Public School

$33,500.00

Video surveillance cameras and network video storage

Springfield Public School

$63,500.00

Rave Mobile Panic Button Communication Platform

Sudbury Public School

$41,550.46

Walkie talkies

Sunderland Elementary School District

$35,000.00

Hardware, access control system

Swampscott Public School

$54,884.70

Exterior electromagnetic door locks, internal electromagnetic door locks

Tantasqua Regional School District

$36,400.00

Additional security cameras

Taunton Public School

$58,500.00

Security cameras & Avigilon Network Recording Systems

Tewksbury Public - John R. Ryan Elementary School

$80,000.00

Security system, including cameras, access/control system

The Edgartown School

$21,357.00

Electronic active shooter detection, reporting system

Topsfield Elementary School District

$34,916.38

Digital video surveillance systems

Triton Regional School District

$80,000.00

Upgraded door access system, two-way portable hand held radios

Up Island Regional School District

$35,000.00

Lockdown & Emergency Response Kits, security shades, door locks

Uxbridge Public School

$60,000.00

Exterior doors, locks and single entry door & security cameras

Veritas Preparatory Charter School

$67,816.00

Exterior doors & security systems

Wachusett Regional School District

$43,846.00

Security cameras, emergency Go-Buckets

Wakefield Public School

$61,713.67

Surveillance system, active shooter detection system in the district

Webster Public School

$60,184.82

Surveillance cameras

Westford Public School

$40,000.00

Door locks

Westport Community School

$59,675.70

Security locks, first aid trauma kits, installation

Westwood Public School

$60,000.00

Door locks

Weymouth Public School

$78,358.32

Single point access security entrances with keyless fob, access updated security cameras, panic button, single entry door locks

Whately Elementary School

$25,000.00

Door structures, locking hardware, access control system

Whitman Hanson Regional School District

$60,000.00

Locks for classroom doors, security card access for exterior doors, upgrade hardware and software

Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School

$60,000.00

Intercom system, security communication system

Wilmington Public School

$19,735.00

Key-lock system

Winchendon Public School

$58,615.00

Single entry electronic door locks, security cameras, and alarm tie-ins

Woburn Public School

$69,676.98

Electronic hardware on exterior doors

Worcester Public School

$80,000.00

Locks & cameras for classrooms

Wrentham Public School

$10,712.50

Active Intruder Communication System