Why K-12 schools need to modernize visitor screening in 2020 To keep students safe, schools must be able to quickly and accurately screen every visitor. While this sounds simple, it’s easier said than done. Why? Here are five of the top visitor screening challenges faced by K-12 schools: Registered sex offender (RSO) checks are often
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How schools are using digital IDs to streamline and secure visitor management and attendance Do you have reliable, real-time visibility into who is on your campus at any given point? Or when each child is scheduled to arrive and depart? And with whom? If not—you’re not alone. Most school staff rely on a combination of
Is a paper visitor log book putting your school at risk? 6 key questions to ask. Nearly every school has a visitor sign-in/sign-out process. Often, this is a paper-based visitor log book managed by the front office staff or security personnel. But, is this enough to protect your school? Here are six key questions to
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The Top 5 Reasons You Need a Visitor Management System Purpose-built for K-12 Schools Managing visitors is one of the biggest headaches—and risks—for K-12 schools. A visitor management system can eliminate manual visitor logs, keep your school compliant, and most importantly, protect your students. While there are a number of visitor management systems on the
Maximize Campus Safety With Your LPR Camera Investment Schools are dedicating millions to hardware upgrades and expensive surveillance system installs, but are they being utilized to their full capacity? Probably not… Great news, you can now get even more from your current LPR camera investment. With the right technology in place, you can leverage the
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After-School Activity Management: 5 Critical Challenges Schools are Facing Today The need for after-school care is increasing as more families are becoming dual-income households, and more focus is being placed on the demands (and benefits) of schools providing such programs for its students. As the number of children in need of after-school care rises, schools
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The Next Generation of PK-12 Attendance Management SchoolPass is excited to announce the arrival of the most requested PK-12 module: Day-level Attendance Management. It’s digital, it’s in the cloud, it’s linked to your Visitor Management station, and fully integrated with your SIS. The new attendance module automates and connects parents, teachers, and the front office
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Johns Hopkins Debuts Center for Safe and Healthy Schools With increased urgency following years of devastating school shootings, the attention of educators is now intently focused on ensuring students’ safety and health. The threats to students today are unprecedented in American history. Gun violence is only the most concerning of many complex issues that include
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How to Improve the Security of Your K-12 School Campus PK-12 schools must hold themselves to increasingly high-security standards, including being able to scan and track campus comings and goings of all students, visitors and staff. In a recent survey, we found that: 83 percent do not have proper intelligent technology to automatically screen vehicles entering and
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Video captures how upset a Georgia elementary school parent is after his daughter, a 5-year-old, was left behind instead of being put on her bus — for the third time this year. A Father is very upset after Elementary school loses his daughter 3 times After the video went viral, the student’s father said parents
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