Customer Stories
Bellwood School District 88 , Chicago
• Agency / Organization Needs – Bellwood School District 88 sought a new communication system to help improve student safety and school security .
• Networking Solution – The district implemented FirstNet to improve school security and bus safety for its 800 students on 23 buses .
• Business value – Costeffective
• Industry Focus – Public Safety in a K-12 school district
When Bellwood School District 88 sought a new communication system to help improve student safety and school security , the director of transportation , Tyreese Stafford , chose FirstNet . Headquartered in Cook County , Illinois , Bellwood is in a western suburb of Chicago , where higher crime rates are an ongoing community concern .
To better protect the 2,500-student district and its seven schools – one pre-kindergarten and one preschool , four elementary schools and one middle school – the district implemented FirstNet to improve school security and bus safety for its 800 students on 23 buses .
FirstNet is the wireless communications network built with and for public safety – and those who support their vital efforts in an emergency . This includes school transportation personnel .
The biggest concern the district faced was security for students and FirstNet provides good , reliable communication to help address that , Stafford said .
Stafford learned of FirstNet when researching better safety and communication tools for the district ’ s school buses . Features that caught Stafford ’ s attention include push-to-talk solutions , which offers the ability to communicate with
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