As onsite phone systems continue to age, schools and school districts face increasing challenges with maintenance, software support, replacement equipment, safety, and costs. This session explores what a modern, reliable, and flexible communications platform can offer schools—not just as a phone system, but as a connected communications infrastructure.

Attendees will learn how voice communications can work together with paging, emergency notifications, access control, door and intercom systems, visual alerts, 911 events, panic buttons, fire and security systems, and mass notification platforms. The session will also cover considerations for managing communications across multiple buildings and locations, improving connectivity and safety, simplifying administration, and evaluating the total cost of ownership of a communications system.