LEONARDTOWN, Md. – Commercial Window Shield has been retained by St. Mary’s County Public Schools for Phase 2 of a security window film installation project.

The project calls for the installation of 8-mil security window film in three buildings that will utilize a wet glaze attachment system. The security film, which is shatter resistant, will be installed in building entryways and interior classroom doors as well as a number of vulnerable first floor windows.

In 2022, St. Mary’s hired Commercial Window Shield for Phase 1 of its ongoing building glass protection program. That project involved the installation of security window film with a wet glass attachment system in entryways, classroom doors and vulnerable first-floor windows in two school buildings.

The contract with Commercial Window Shield calls for the company to complete security window film installation projects at St. Mary’s on an as-needed basis. There are 19 buildings in the St. Mary’s school system.

Work on the first of three Phase 2 buildings is expected to begin shortly. The other two will be completed at a later date.

The St. Mary’s security window film installation project continues a national trend in which school districts are acting to protect their students and employees     from potential violent building intruders with the installation of safety and security window film in vulnerable glass entry areas.

Commercial Window Shield has been at the forefront of the school security movement. Including this project, the company has protected the glass in more than 340 school buildings in 12 states.

Elsewhere, the company has completed safety and security film projects at Geneva, Minooka and Lake Zurich school districts in suburban Chicago; Calvert and Carroll County [Md.] Public Schools; Mechanicsburg and Bath Local Schools, near Lima, Ohio; Bellmore and Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools, N.Y.; Hartford, Glastonbury and Simsbury school districts in Connecticut; Norfolk and Henry County in Virginia; Beaverton, Ore.; Comanche Public Schools, Comanche, Okla., Lansdale, Pa. and Katy and Rockwell schools districts in Texas.

With more than 35 years of experience, Commercial Window Shield is one of the nation’s leading security and solar control window film installers. Among its many projects, the company has protected windows at the U.S. Capitol, FBI headquarters, Pentagon, all House of Representative buildings, O’Hare International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Willis Tower [former Sears Tower], Denver Mint, Grand Central Terminal and the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.