What the film did at Godley

In September 2023 a windstorm lifted rock ballast off a Godley ISD roof and threw it through the glass below. The entry and lower windows Epic had filmed shattered — and stayed in their frames. The unfilmed windows blew out.

That alone is the outcome security film is bought for. What the district did next is the part worth writing down.

The test nobody schedules

With the glass already broken, Godley ISD did what most people only talk about: it had its own police officers attempt a forced entry through the filmed openings, and Epic demonstrated the attachment alongside them.

They went at the broken, filmed glass with tools and weapons. The district’s own words, in the letter it wrote afterward: “we observed a significant delay in forced entry.”

Their conclusion, in their words: that level of protection “reinforces our confidence” — and the storm had already shown that the glass stays in the frame.

What this is, and what it is not

Security film does not make glass unbreakable or bullet-resistant, and Epic will never describe it that way. Attached to the frame with a structural silicone sealant — the Epic Method — it keeps broken glass in the opening and makes it more difficult for an intruder to break in. At Godley the glass broke exactly as glass does. It simply did not leave the frame.

Godley ISD’s signed reference letter is on the References page, with a named person behind it. If you would like to see the attachment take a hit in person, we bring the test panel to events and demos.

Read the district’s reference letter