School campuses often sit vacant for long stretches of time after the final bell rings, opening them up to trespassers, vandals, and thieves. Even a single incident can result in expensive repairs, stolen equipment, and disruptions that impact students and staff. For school administrators, preventing these risks is essential to keeping their focus on education rather than security concerns.
Customer: The Classical Academies
The Classical Academies is a network of award-winning California Public Charter Schools. With seven campuses, they serve more than 5,300 TK-12 students across North San Diego County. This success story will cover how The Classical Academies created a safer environment on campus and relieved overworked staff with a Bay Alarm security system.
Challenge: Vandalism, trespassing, and concern for children’s safety
The Classical Academies faced a growing challenge in providing a safe environment for its students. Their dedicated security team was burdened more each day with the task of preparing the grounds for student arrival.
SECURITY CHALLENGES
- Regular vandalism and loitering after school hours.
- Unauthorized visitors setting up camp overnight.
- Increased trespassing during school vacation periods.
- Each of the seven campuses had different security needs.
The manual approach of preparing the grounds was becoming more demanding and time-consuming as these problems mounted.
Solution: A multi-layered system with AI-powered video security
Bay Alarm provided a premium video security solution that kept unwanted visitors away. The cornerstone of this solution was Live Video Monitoring (LVM), which combined AI-powered cameras with real-time human intervention from Bay Alarm’s in-house monitoring station to deter theft, vandalism, and trespassing. This was reinforced by burglar alarms and access control to further guard against theft and trespassing, fire alarms for fire safety, and security guard services to add an on-site layer of protection against theft, trespassing, and vandalism.
Results: A safe environment for all
The implementation of Bay Alarm’s Live Video Monitoring had an immediate and significant impact:
- Fresh campus for student arrival
- Less work for morning staff
- No vandalism or damage to campus
“After implementing LVM, we no longer had the issue of our campuses needing additional cleaning, and our site team could focus on their regular school preparation duties. Having these types of security elements also set a precedence for our site, which we believe drastically cut down on any issues during the school day and during off hours. It was a win-win.”
– Jared Baez, Director of Safety and Security for The Classical Academies
For The Classical Academies, a multi-layered security system not only stopped after-hours crime but also created a safer environment for students during class. The solution from Bay Alarm proved to be a competent, time-saving partner, allowing the school to focus on its core mission of educating students.
Want to learn more?
If your school district faces similar challenges with after-hours vandalism and trespassing, Bay Alarm’s multi-layered campus security solutions can help.
Updated on: July 28th, 2026
