Create safer learning environments with school security solutions that protect students, staff, and visitors. Parallel designs integrated technologies that improve visibility, strengthen emergency response, and simplify security management.
For more than 40 years, Parallel has partnered with school districts to create safer learning environments. We understand the operational, security, and budget challenges schools face every day.
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Improve school security with intelligent video surveillance that helps staff monitor campuses, investigate incidents, increase situational awareness, and create safer learning environments.
Protect students and staff with access control systems that secure exterior doors, manage credentials, support lockdown procedures, and simplify security across one or multiple schools.
Create a safer learning environment with visitor management solutions that streamline check-ins, screen visitors, maintain accurate records, and help staff manage campus access.
Deliver timely alerts to staff, students, and first responders with emergency communication systems that support lockdowns, evacuations, severe weather, and other critical events.
Protect campuses after hours with intrusion detection that alerts staff to unauthorized entry, propped doors, and unusual activity so incidents can be addressed before they escalate.
Detect vaping, aggressive behavior, and other emerging concerns with AI-powered analytics that identify unusual activity, accelerate investigations, and give administrators greater visibility.
From planning through long-term support, Parallel helps districts strengthen school security while simplifying operations and maximizing technology investments.
Our project managers and installation teams work closely with school districts to coordinate deployments around academic calendars, minimizing disruption while delivering reliable security solutions.
Keeping schools safe requires more than installing technology. It takes a partner who understands K-12 environments, plans for long-term success, and supports districts every step of the way.
K-12 Experience
We've partnered with school districts across the country, helping them improve safety, modernize aging systems, and support evolving security needs with solutions designed specifically for K-12 environments.
Unified Security
Connect video surveillance, access control, visitor management, emergency communication, and other technologies into one cohesive security platform that's easier to manage across every campus.
Future-Ready Solutions
Schools change over time, and your security strategy should too. We design scalable solutions that support campus growth, evolving risks, and future technology investments without starting over.
PASS PARTNER
Guided by National Best Practices
School safety is complex, and every district faces unique challenges. As a Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) Partner, Parallel Technologies helps schools apply nationally recognized best practices to assess risk, prioritize improvements, and build layered security strategies. The result is a practical roadmap that helps districts make informed decisions and maximize every security investment.
Find answers to common questions about school security, student safety, emergency preparedness, visitor management, district-wide security, and creating safer learning environments.
The most effective school security strategies balance safety with a welcoming atmosphere. Integrated technologies such as access control, visitor management, video surveillance, and emergency communication help protect students and staff while maintaining an environment that supports learning.
Access control and visitor management work together to help schools verify visitors, manage credentials, secure entrances, and maintain greater visibility into who is entering and leaving each facility throughout the day.
Emergency communication systems, intercoms, paging, and integrated security technologies help schools quickly share information, coordinate responses, and communicate with staff, students, and first responders during emergencies.
Centralized security platforms make it easier to manage users, monitor campuses, apply consistent security policies, and improve visibility across an entire district while simplifying day-to-day administration.
AI-powered analytics and environmental sensors can help schools detect vaping, identify aggressive behavior, recognize unusual activity, and provide administrators with additional insight into emerging safety concerns.
A strategic approach helps districts prioritize improvements based on risk, existing infrastructure, and available funding. Phased implementations, integrated technologies, and long-term planning help maximize every technology investment.
Yes. Many schools use state and federal grant programs to fund security improvements. Parallel helps districts identify opportunities, prioritize projects, and develop security strategies that align with available funding programs.
What Our Clients Say
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The difference has been incredible. We're aware of far more than we were before, and that awareness allows us to respond faster and make better decisions. That's made a meaningful impact on the safety and security of our schools.
The difference has been incredible. We're aware of far more than we were before, and that awareness allows us to respond faster and make better decisions. That's made a meaningful impact on the safety and security of our schools.
The systems work together to provide staff with the information they need when something happens. It simplifies the response, improves communication, and allows our teams to focus on helping students instead of managing technology.
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Matt Haga - Director of Technology, Safety & Security
The systems work together to provide staff with the information they need when something happens. It simplifies the response, improves communication, and allows our teams to focus on helping students instead of managing technology.
Matt Haga - Director of Technology, Safety & Security
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