HARTFORD, Conn.  Hartford Public Schools has joined a rapidly growing list of school districts nationwide that have decided to protect the glass in their schools to help keep out violent intruders.

The school system has retained Commercial Window Shield of Taylors, S.C. to install fragment retention security window film on entryways and vulnerable first-floor windows in six of its schools.  In all, 12,000 sq. ft. of 8-mil security film will be installed utlizing Commercial Window Shield’s patented wet glaze attachment system.

The company was awarded the project through a competitive bid process. Company officials have worked closely with Hartford schools director of security to implement a schedule that works for each school building and stay within the schools budget. The project, which will be funded by a grant, will begin July 21 and be completed in early August.

The fragment retention film will also help protect the windows during potential foul weather events, such as hurricanes and tornadoes.

Commercial Window Shield currently is completing a similar project at 26 schools for Calvert County [Md.] Public Schools. Previously, the company was hired for security window film installation projects at 36 school districts in Long Island, N.Y., and Glastonbury and Simsbury school districts in Connecticut. Later this month, the company will begin a security film installation project at Lima Bath Schools in Ohio.

With nearly 35 years experience, Commercial Window Shield is the nation’s leading security and solar reflective window film installer.  Among its many projects in the nation’s capitol region, the company has protected windows at the U.S. Capitol, Pentagon, and all House of Representative buildings. Nationwide, the company has completed projects at O Hare International Airport, the Willis Tower [former Sears Tower], Denver Mint, Grand Central Terminal and George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

For more information:
George Tanber [419] 410-7913 or Adam Staley [419] 215-9469