Case Study: Chartwell School achieves 96% faster incident resolution and improved student health and safety with Verkada

How a School Maintains Health and Safety with Sensor Technology

Chartwell School, a private nonprofit K–12 in Seaside, CA serving students with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences, was operating an 11‑year‑old analog PTZ/DVR system that required weekly manual updates and slow footage retrieval. Director of IT and Campus Management John Langrill needed a scalable, privacy-preserving way to detect and prevent vaping in private lockable bathrooms and to monitor environmental conditions in real time, so he selected Verkada’s cloud-based platform along with the SV11 environmental sensors and Verkada cameras.

Verkada deployed SV11 sensors and cameras managed through the Command cloud platform, providing real-time detection of vaping, air quality (PM, VOCs), noise, temperature/humidity, and immediate video context via SMS alerts and the mobile app. The integrated solution cut incident response time from hours to five minutes (96% faster resolution), reduced false-positive alerts by over 50%, received 5/5 ratings for ease of installation/innovation/support, and now enables live air-quality monitoring to optimize HVAC/filter changes and support wildfire-season preparedness.

Chartwell School

John Langrill

Director of Information Technology and Campus Management