New Horry County Schools safety badges will allow any staff member to initiate a lockdown

A new crisis alert security system is fully in place and ready across Horry County Schools ahead of the 2026-27 school year.

The district has officially finished the process of installing the Centegix Crisis Alert System across all of its locations, allowing all HCS employees to have access to a new silent panic alert system.

All HCS employees will be issued a CrisisAlert badge, which is kept on their person at all times. The badge allows all employees — including substitutes when they are working on a campus — to call for help with a push of a button on the badge…

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