The purchase is part of the district security plan, business administrator Alan Vandrew said. Of the two quotes received, the administration recommended Sonitrol because it is a big name in the industry. He noted the ability to identify faculty members on sight is important if a crisis develops. Many faculty members are relatively new, and a need also exists to positively identify itinerant instructors who visit district buildings periodically, Bleggi added. Hannah Joyce Mowery, the daughter of Jay R. and Valerie Egolf Mowery, was struck by lightning outside her Upper Mifflin Township home on the evening of Oct. 4.
Family members say they had no warning that lightning was a danger that evening.
All the kids were out picking things up, pumpkins, for Halloween. We don't know how it happened. Hannah was a first-grade student at Mifflin Elementary School and was active with the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. Big Spring Superintendent William Cowden said the student assistance team was in place at Mifflin Elementary Tuesday and will remain in place as long as necessary. Before students left school for the day, they were given a letter to inform their parents of Hannah's death.