Callifi builds VoIP phone systems designed for schools — with emergency paging, lockdown SMS alerts, room-level E911, bell scheduling, and intercom built in. On-site installation and support from our team in Midtown Manhattan. Because when it comes to school safety, "good enough" isn't good enough.
Starting in the 2025-26 school year, NYC public schools require students to store personal devices all day — bell to bell. Schools must now provide at least one direct phone number for parent emergency contact. Your school's phone system just became the primary communication lifeline.
New York's Alyssa's Law (S7132B) requires school districts to evaluate silent panic alarm systems in their safety plans. Modern VoIP systems integrate emergency notification directly into the phone platform — no separate system needed.
Every feature below is built into your Callifi school phone system — not an expensive add-on from a third party.
Trigger a building-wide or campus-wide lockdown from any phone by dialing a code. Instantly sends SMS and email notifications to all staff, administrators, and designated emergency contacts with the nature and location of the threat.
Broadcast live announcements to every room simultaneously — or target specific zones, floors, or buildings. Works with existing PA speakers or new IP speakers. One button, every room, instantly.
When someone dials 911 from any phone in your school, dispatchers see the exact room — not just the building address. Critical for multi-story buildings and campuses with multiple structures.
Send emergency text messages and emails to parents, staff, and emergency contacts in seconds. Pre-built templates for lockdown, shelter-in-place, early dismissal, and weather emergencies.
Staff can trigger a discreet alert to administrators and law enforcement without an audible alarm — critical during active threat situations where silence saves lives. Supports Alyssa's Law compliance.
Provide first responders with real-time building maps, room locations, and incident details when an emergency is triggered. Reduces response time and improves coordination with NYPD and FDNY.
Beyond safety, your phone system should make daily operations easier — not harder. Every feature is configured by our team, not dumped on your IT staff.
Program class bells, period changes, lunch signals, and custom schedules for half-days, assemblies, and testing. Syncs with your school calendar. Plays through IP speakers or existing PA systems.
"Press 1 for attendance, 2 for the nurse, 3 for administration..." Multi-language support for diverse parent communities. After-hours routing to voicemail with email transcription.
Office-to-classroom two-way intercom from any phone. No separate intercom hardware needed. Teachers can call the office, nurse, or security with one button.
Administrators and teachers get the school's phone system on their personal device — make and receive calls using the school's caller ID, without revealing personal numbers to parents.
Send and receive faxes from any computer or phone — no fax machine needed. Essential for IEP documents, medical forms, and inter-district communication.
Track call volume, response times, and missed calls across the main office, nurse's station, guidance, and administration. Identify bottlenecks and improve parent communication.
Connect main buildings, annexes, portable classrooms, and administrative offices on one unified system. Dial extensions between buildings as if they're all under one roof.
Hearing-aid compatible handsets, visual ring indicators, TTY/TDD support, and large-button options for accessibility compliance across your campus.
NYC DOE schools, district offices, and multi-campus facilities.
Catholic, Jewish, Islamic, and independent private schools across NYC.
Single-site and network charter schools needing scalable, compliant systems.
Multi-building yeshiva campuses with complex routing and scheduling needs.
3-K and Pre-K centers needing simple, reliable parent communication.
Administrative offices, transportation, food services, and central operations.
RingCentral and Zoom can't show up at your school. We can — and we do.
Your school shouldn't need an IT department to set up a phone system. We handle installation, programming, bell schedules, emergency templates, and staff training — start to finish.
Our technicians are dispatched from 16 East 40th Street. When something goes wrong, we're at your school — not on a video call from another state.
Call us during school hours and a real person picks up. After hours, leave a message and we call you back first thing. No chatbots, no ticket queues, no 1-800 runaround.
We understand DOE requirements, multi-language parent communities, the new cell phone policy, Alyssa's Law, and the daily realities of running a school in New York City.
Replacing an old Nortel, Avaya, NEC, or Panasonic system? We've migrated hundreds of businesses off legacy PBX systems. We know what can go wrong and how to prevent it.
Callifi is founded and run by Gill and Sass. You'll know the people behind your school's phone system by name — and they'll know yours.
Real reviews from real NYC organizations.
"Customer service is SO good. I always get a real person and they solve the problems so quickly."Jason Katz
"We were able to set up our new phone system quick and easy. Responsive service and caring."Melissa Murillo
"Callifi is a one-stop shop. Service and support for a cutting-edge business phone system."Heather C. McCalla
The network infrastructure that powers your school's VoIP system — including broadband internet, switches, routers, access points, and structured cabling — may be eligible for E-Rate discounts of up to 90%. Callifi can help your school plan and implement E-Rate eligible network upgrades that support a modern VoIP phone system. Contact us to discuss how your school can leverage E-Rate funding for your next technology project.
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