Customer: Fortune School
Fortune School is a system of 10 tuition-free preschools, college preparatory schools, and public charter schools. They have 4,000+ students and 300+ staff across California that they need to protect.
Challenge: Trespassing, vandalism, and uncooperative systems
Fortune School managed systems from multiple vendors, each with their own contract and phone number for scheduling service. After reviewing their security spend in time and money, the school leadership explored options to cut costs, improve site visibility, and streamline building management.
SECURITY CHALLENGES
- Physical threat of intruders wanting to do harm to staff or students.
- Potential break-ins, vandalism, and property theft at multiple locations.
- Disparate systems that were difficult to manage and maintain.
CHALLENGES WITH PREVIOUS SECURITY PROVIDER
- Determining responsibility for issues was complicated.
- Difficulty scheduling services.
- Managing vendors required too many resources.
Solution: One competent partner for everything security
Bay Alarm provides complete portfolio management for Fortune School’s security, fire, and life safety across every campus. All systems integrate for a true multi-layered security operation and can be controlled from one central keypad.
What’s more? Scheduling services is made easier with only one point of contact for Fire Alarms, Burglar Alarms, Live Video Monitoring, CCTV, Access Control, Intercom, and Elevator Monitoring.
Results: Efficient, scalable security with increased visibility
- Streamlined building management: Fortune School now has one point of contact for security across all locations, simplifying the process to schedule service and handle invoices.
- Increased campus visibility: With new or upgraded cameras monitoring daily school operations with easy-to-use video management platforms, Fortune School’s security teams have enhanced oversight and incident response across campuses.
- Thousands of dollars saved annually: Fortune School’s new state-of-the-art access control system prevents unauthorized access and creates customized reports to stop break ins, vandalism, and confusion over who was in the facility and when.
- Systems that can scale. As Fortune School expands existing campuses or adds new locations, they can easily ramp up their security to meet growing demands by having one vendor who does it all.
“Having one-point person to contact has been really a game changer for me. My account manager at Bay Alarm has been great about answering questions very quickly, ensuring we have the best options on whatever we need, and then making sure that if we do settle on moving forward on something, those items get scheduled out accordingly.”
“When new staff come on board that need access to cards or access codes, we can now do that remotely from the offices here at the headquarters. Working with Bay Alarm for access control alone has saved us thousands.”
Jerold Ligons
Director of Facilities, Fortune School
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Updated on: October 9th, 2025
