Primex Sync Blog

As high school cell phone bans become the norm throughout the U.S., students, parents, and staff must adapt accordingly to ensure safety and communication.

Chatter, teachings, laughter, and maybe even some discipline... All things heard in a school! But listen with intention, and you'll hear another constant: bells. Whether sounding like a ding, a ring, a buzz, or a chime, bells are as essential as student attendance. At the very least, they let students know when class starts, when class ends, and school's out for the day. Given its importance, a school's bell system must be routinely checked for operability — and, while at it, checked if it's the most efficient system it can be.

Schools are more than just a place for learning. Sure, learning may be the most important thing that occurs in schools, but schools often put on many events throughout the year that hold significant importance. And no matter the level of your school — from elementary to collegiate — managing events in a timely manner is essential, and Primex Sync can help. 

School's out for summer! As (most) students and teachers rejoice, classrooms will soon sit empty, and gone will be the hustle and bustle of students flowing through hallways. Sure, there will be some students attending and teachers instructing summer school, but there'll undoubtedly be some downtime within schools, libraries, and universities making for the perfect time for facility upgrades.

Whether in single-building elementary schools or multifacility college campuses, clocks are often an overlooked yet essential part of any educational institution. When all clocks within a school are synchronized, their benefits go beyond simply telling time. They can help to decrease tardiness, solidify schedules, and optimize standardized test taking. Additionally, and possibly most importantly, due to the pandemic, large disruption for many students, synchronized clocks can be a tool to maximize learning time in the classroom.

Primex OneVue solutions can improve any new building. From large-yet-segmented hospitals and schools to wide-open warehouses and transit centers, Primex technology can help strengthen timeliness, safety, and communication. But before these solutions can get to work, they often need to be included in new building plans that construction firms put together.

Keeping activities on time can be vital within any facility, be it a school, hospital, pharmacy, or warehouse. Healthcare patients sometimes require and always deserve to receive on-time care. Classes and tests that start on time can help to make students feel less rushed. Warehouse product line or transit center efficiency is best when employees work cohesively under synchronized time.

The National Center for Education Statistics lists 3,931 degree-granting postsecondary campuses in the U.S. as of 2020-2021. Whether at a small private school, like the enrollment-of-14 Deep Springs College in eastern California, or a large university, like the sprawling multibuilding campus at the University of Texas at Austin, keeping individuals on time can be a difficult task. However, with a Primex Sync™ Synchronized Time solution, lectures, discussion classes, labs, and other courses can be better kept on time. With various analog and digital Primex clocks throughout a college campus, students, teaching staff, and visitors can all function on the same synchronous time.

Elementary and high school hallways are once again buzzing with students carrying textbooks, Trapper Keepers, and pencil cases as they navigate through their daily schedules. And the number of students can be many, as public school enrollment estimates in the U.S. for prekindergarten through grade 12 could include approximately 49.6 million students if an upward trend from Fall 2020 continues.