The building would be built around security protocols, eliminating the multiple areas of egress and funneling visitors through the main entrance.

"This is a building in the era when you start with security and build out instead of 'we have this building and now we have to do security.' It is really in some ways the heart of the project," McCandless said. "We probably have an ambulance at one of our public schools at least once a week and it is almost always related to medical conditions our students or staff have. This is a big place and we want to make sure an ambulance has multiple access points, first responders have multiple access points."

A total of 170 cameras are eyed for the building and McCandless says a group of fire, ambulance, local and state police, and consultants will be determining where to place them.