What is School Hardening?

What is School Hardening?

Blog / By / December 10, 2025 / 5 minutes of reading

For many years, schools and communities have relied heavily on a “School Hardening” approach for safety. School Hardening focuses on physical safety measures to protect students and staff from violent incidents.

Today, school safety requires a broader strategy: One which not only includes hardening, but also incorporates safety planning, training, mental health measures, building relationships with students and families, and more.

See how tools like OSCR360 can help with all aspects of your school safety plan.

School Safety Training vs School Hardening: Is There a “Best” Approach to School Safety?

Blog / By / December 4, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading

School hardening refers to changes in a school’s physical environment to improve safety. This not only includes metal detectors, but also locked doors with badge access, door alarms, panic buttons, phone lockdown codes, ID scanners, bullet-proof glass, security staff on campus, and more.

Hardening has increased in popularity over the years as communities desperately attempt to keep their schools safe. Yet experts are discovering that there is much more to protecting a school than just hardening. See how OSCR360 assists schools with safety training and planning – and how your safety plans can work in conjunction with school hardening practices.

The Importance of After School Event Safety and Planning

Blog / By / February 12, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading

After school events and activities are beneficial to communities in so many ways, but how can we ensure the safety of students, staff, and families who are on campus outside of normal school hours?

The answer is OSCR360, a powerful and effective school safety tool designed to help with training, planning, preparation and review – both during and after the typical school day.

OSCR360: A Multi-Use Tool for Schools. See the Benefits for your School Community

Blog / By / January 31, 2025 / 5 minutes of reading

OSCR360 is a multi-use tool for schools – designed to help train for, plan for, and prepare for emergency events. From reunification and active shooter events to natural disasters (and everything in between), OSCR360 aims to provide the entire school community with effective plans and preparation to stay safe during emergencies.

OSCR360 to organize and train on their school safety plans - reunification image

See how this Western NY private school uses OSCR360 to organize and train on their school safety plans

Blog / By / January 21, 2025 / 5 minutes of reading

L-Tron recently had the opportunity to sit down with the Director of School Safety and Security at a private school in NY to hear their thoughts on OSCR360. It has been about a year since the school acquired and started using the OSCR360 System to organize and train on their school safety plans.

Hear their feedback and see the benefits of using OSCR360 for school safety, reunification planning, tabletop exercises and more…

Tabletop Exercises with OSCR360

What are Tabletop Exercises? How can OSCR360 walk through school safety plans and emergency scenarios?

Blog / By / December 17, 2024 / 5 minutes of reading

Emergency planning tabletop exercises are a cooperative group activity, designed to utilize the thoughts and ideas of many to test, discuss, problem-solve and improve upon a school safety plan.

OSCR360 is a helpful tool schools can utilize during their tabletop exercises. The OSCR360 System is designed to create, organize, present and review safety plans. The system acts as a powerful visual reference. See more…

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