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School Security Solutions: Making Schools Safer With Award-Winning Visitor Management System

Friday, May 24, 2002

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., May 24 /PRNewswire/ – School Security Solutions, adivision of non-profit C2T2 Educational Systems, announces a new thirty-day


trial program that allows any school in the United States to try the SchoolLobby(R) Electronic Visitor Management System. Thousands of corporate and federal institutions throughout the world currently use EasyLobby(R). Now this product has been redesigned to address the unique needs of the school environment. With SchoolLobby(R), K-12 institutions can protect their staff and students with the same versatile and cost-effective technology.

“Because we are educators ourselves, we understand the safety issues schools face every day,” says Robert Downs, Executive Vice-President of School Security Solutions. “We realize how worried administrators, teachers, and students are today about personal safety while at school. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Justice has said that school administrators report that most of their security problems and incidents are the result of an unauthorized person being in a school building. SchoolLobby(R) was designed to address these particular security concerns.”

SchoolLobby(R) was customized for the school environment from EasyLobby(R), which recently won several Security Industry Association awards. SchoolLobby(R) allows schools to use their existing Windows(R) system to track visitors entering and exiting the school, monitor who they visit, and record the reason for their visit. The system creates photo visitor badges in seconds, captures and stores visitor photos, protects valuable visitor information, easily produces 30 standard visitor reports that can be exported or emailed, and provides a complete package management system.

The SchoolLobby(R) Custom Kiosk includes everything needed to convert a PC into a complete electronic visitor management system. The kiosk includes the SchoolLobby(R) software on CD in a single install program, a Logitech Webcam, a Corex Cardscan reader, a Dymo 330 desktop label printer, and a platform to hold the system. (Schools may upgrade their system with a barcode/magnetic strip reader.)

The kiosk’s price is a one-time fee, ranging from $3295 to $3800. Multiple building and district-wide discounts are offered. Customer support is free for the first thirty days and is available after that for a nominal fee on either a one-year, three-year, or a per incident basis.

To receive a free thirty-day trial of SchoolLobby(R), schools can download evaluation software at http://www.schoolsecuritysolutions.com or call toll-free (866) 760-0420 to request an evaluation CD-ROM. Those attending the National Educational Computing Conference in San Antonio next month can visit booth 710 to receive a demonstration and request a trial for their school. About School Security Solutions
School Security Solutions, a division of C2T2 Educational Systems, is committed to providing K-12 institutions with an affordable security system that addresses schools’ unique safety needs. The Daytona Beach company is directed by experienced educators who understand firsthand the safety issues facing schools today. School Security Solutions is the exclusive U.S. distributor of SchoolLobby(R).

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