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SIS installs window films to protect students
The glass on windows and doors of a school building can be a very vulnerable entry point into a school, yet installing window films helps mitigate any threat, whether from intruders or weather disturbances like typhoon.
3M is currently offering a special discount to CNMI schools to help protect students of the Commonwealth. It does this with the installation of window films to help protect this potential entry point.
This acts as a deterrent and provides extra response time if an intruder attempts to enter the building. It also deters breaking and entering by slowing the entry and preventing shattering during break-ins, typhoons or something as simple as a miskicked soccer ball.
Currently, several hundred schools across the mainland have already installed window films on their windows and 3M has just completed the installation of window films at Saipan International School.
SIS headmaster Dr. Ron Snyder said he is very happy that SIS is the first school in the CNMI to take advantage of 3M’s special price but he hopes that it isn’t the last.
“This puts the safety of the children first and is a great option for schools across the CNMI. Depending on the film type, it also has other benefits. We chose a film that is extra thick and polarized. Not only does it protect our students and facilities, it also blocks about 75 percent of ultraviolet radiation and nearly 100 percent of thermal radiation. That should drive our operational expenses down and help us build better programs for our students,” he said. (PR)
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- A 3M window film is installed on a window at a classroom building at the Saipan International School. (Contributed Photos)
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- 3M is currently offering a special discount to CNMI schools to help protect students of the Commonwealth. It does this with the installation of window films to help protect this potential entry point.
