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Bard Manufacturing Company Quiet Climate 2 HVAC Unit, Price varies based on installation The Quiet Climate 2 is a wall-mount heat pump designed speciﬁcally for classrooms, delivering operating sound levels 20 to 35 times quieter than standard units. The unit is also 44 percent more energy efﬁcient during cooling and 38 percent more efﬁcient during heating, meets or exceeds most air quality standards, and uses environmentally friendly refrigerants. Designed for fast installation and easy servicing, this unit works well with new construction and can also easily be retroﬁtted for older or portable classrooms. www.bardhvac.com Bretford FPBBUL Series Flat-Panel TV Carts, $785 Technology and media furniture manufacturer Bretford’s new ﬂat-panel television cart is fully UL-certiﬁed. A display can be mounted on the top shelf using anti-theft screws on a pole that can support any size LCD or plasma model weighing up to 85 pounds. The wheeled cart allows educators to safely and easily move a television, along with a DVD player and speakers, to different locations. www.bretford.com Data Management One Day Visitor Pass Security Badge, From $75 for a book of 500 Data Management’s One Day Visitor Pass enables administrators to issue nametag security badges that cannot be used more than once, ideal for institutions with a high volume of visitor trafﬁc and low ﬁnancial resources with which to manage it. When a visitor signs in and ﬁlls out an adhesive nametag, the patented fold-over tab activates, and in 24 hours the badge shows a red “Void” box, preventing tampering, reuse or unauthorized access and increasing the security of the building. www.datamanage.com Food Service Solutions Sagem-Morpho MSO 300 Fingerprint Scanner, $795 The heart of Food Service Solutions’ cafeteria point of sale system is this Sagem-Morpho biometric ﬁngerprint scanner. The advantages of ﬁnger biometrics include increased accuracy, speed and expandability; the elimination of lost or forgotten swipe cards, sharing of personal identiﬁcation numbers, and fraudulent ID card use; and card issuing or replacement costs. Both parents and students are assured that the biometric images cannot be used by law enforcement for identiﬁcation purposes, since only a mathematical algorithm, not ﬁngerprint images, remains in the system after registration. www.foodserve.com GE Security MobileTrace Portable Trace Detector, $ 32,200 GE Security’s new MobileTrace is a user-friendly, handheld detection instrument capable of detecting trace elements of explosives and narcotics simultaneously. The unit is suitable for a variety of security applications, including those in large-scale education settings. Based on GE Security’s ﬁeld-proven Ion Trap Mobility Spectrometry platform, the MobileTrace offers users a reliable detection tool in a lightweight, compact package, with an easy-to-read data display and touchscreen user interface. www.gesecurity.com www.DistrictAdministration.com January 2009 37 http://www.bardhvac.com http://www.bretford.com http://www.datamanage.com http://www.foodserve.com http://www.gesecurity.com http://www.DistrictAdministration.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - January 2009

District Administration - January 2009
Contents
Editor’s Letter
Letters
News Update
Security
Facilities & Construction
Administrator Profile
District Profile
Conversations
Leadership Books
Research Center
District Web Site Essentials
The Second Annual X-Factor Student Achievement Grant
Social Studies for the 21st Century
Tech Disruptions
Professional Opinion
New Products
Product Focus
Understanding the Times

District Administration - January 2009