After-School Activity Management: 5 Critical Challenges Schools are Facing Today

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Updated: June 11, 2019

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

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Updated: May 30, 2019

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

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Updated: May 20, 2019

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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What does it really take to protect your campus and students?

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Updated: March 29, 2019

Implement these critical steps to scan visitors before they get to your front door, and digitize your dismissal operations. 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

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This is what happens when a school loses a student…3 times

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Updated: March 21, 2019

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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Safety & Security: Dismissal Security and Efficiency

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Updated: February 6, 2019

 Dismissal is the riskiest time of day. A few best practices can help schools more safely direct students in a multitude of directions. Article by our CEO and Founder, Mark Ruiters Published in the January/February 2019 Net Assets magazine and on the Net Assets blog.  Independent K-12 schools must hold themselves to increasingly high security

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How to Protect Your School From Bad People

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Posted: November 4, 2018

School safety is on everyone’s mind these days with much of the focus on preventing or mitigating campus intruders.   Security leaders, who are trained to address risks, need access to tools that can quickly flag potential risks. Some of the most common but least discussed threats on campus come from individuals that are known to

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SchoolPass Announces Visitor Management

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Updated: October 22, 2018

SchoolPass, the leading K-12 safety and dismissal logistics platform, is expanding its solution to support robust visitor management.  Based on numerous requests from schools, SchoolPass has integrated the capability to screen, track and manage all campus visitors.  Through patented technology, SchoolPass enables a school to know in real-time all vehicles, visitors, and students coming and

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Top 3 School Dismissal and Safety Benchmarks At-A-Glance

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Updated: October 4, 2018

SchoolPass conducted a review of dismissal operations at K-12 independent, parochial and charter schools from across the country. In this focused benchmark study – you’ll see the respondent’s aggregate scores matched against best practices of 1) safety, 2) customer service and 3) efficiency. Only 61% of K-12 school dismissal practices are reported at a best

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Enhance Your K-12 Campus Security With Deep Learning Video Screening Technology

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Updated: August 15, 2018

Enhance Your K-12 Campus Security With Deep Learning Video Screening Technology   Great news, you can now get even more from your current surveillance camera investment. With new open License Plate Reader (LPR) standards, SchoolPass has enabled you to connect your license plate data captured by your cameras to dramatically increase your awareness of parents,

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