Thursday, September 2, 2010

Photo badges beef up campus security

By Lois Tomas
Senior Staff Writer
Thursday, September 2, 2010 9:24 AM CDT
Stopping in at the school to visit your child’s teacher? Be prepared to say “cheese.”

School officials are requiring visitors, volunteers and others who come on to campus to register at a computer terminal in the front offices of all three schools. Once the information is entered, a photograph is taken and a visitor’s badge is printed out.

“This is just an added security and safety measure,” Assistant Schools Superintendent Mark Leek said.

The software is provided at no charge to the school by Identi-kid, a company with whom the school has been associated for years. The company provides finger printing and photo identification to parents to be used in child abduction or other scenarios.
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