Technology has become a keystone for making schools safe for kids these days. It’s appearing everywhere, even in things as simple as the visitors’ sign-in sheet.
“While many schools have paper log visitor management, we continue to see an increase in using electronic visitor management that can track visitors and cross-check them against national databases, like the sex offender registry,” Jordan Ferrantelli, vice president of the health care, education and life safety practice at Guidepost Solutions, a global investigations, compliance, and security consulting firm, told TechNewsWorld.
“One of the technologies that I’m seeing implemented more and more — and that has one of the best returns on investment for schools — is visitor management,” added Adam Coughran, president of Safe Kids, in Newport Beach, Calif., an organization that teaches elementary, middle, and high school students how to respond to life-threatening events.
“Over the years, visitor management has ranged from simply knowing the faces that walk into the school, to a pen and paper on a clipboard, writing down a name and check-in/check-out time,” he told TechNewsWorld. “Now, technology has advanced visitor management to allow mini background checks when people check in. This ensures they’re not a sex offender or otherwise restricted from being on campus.”
