Greers Ferry, Arkansas’ West Side School District is using a new visitor management system and procedure that requires all district vendors, substitute teachers, volunteers, visitors and parents to present valid, state-issued IDs before entering campuses.

Universities and vendors alike are working to implement solutions to make campuses and campus housing safer for students. Of the many security measures available, visitor management systems offer a first line of defense. To get a better idea of what’s being done on the visitor management front, CR80News spoke with Bob Lemley, director of software development for CBORD, about the unique challenges in higher education and how universities are navigating the issue.

Texas’ Plainview Independent School District will now scan visitor IDs prior to permitting entry to school premises in an attempt to boost security. The district has opted for a visitor management system from Raptor that checks state-issued IDs against a sex-offender registry.

Western Illinois has stepped up its dorm visitation protocols, requiring all student hosts to register their overnight guests and provide proper identification. The new policy is expected to help underline and enforce existing guest policies at on-campus residence halls, as well as boost campus safety and security.

A Mississippi school district is running background checks for all visitors to campus in an effort to identify registered sex offenders or other criminals. The system uses state IDs and a national database of sex offenders to add a layer of security and ID vetting to the district’s visitor management policies.

The number of violent incidents on school campuses worldwide is as disheartening as it is unwarranted, begging the question; how do we safeguard our students? Now, market research firm TechNavio predicts significant in the school security market. The firm’s latest report breaks down the market by global region as well as by vendor.

Access control at university residence halls has benefitted from advanced technology, but residents themselves pose a challenge to dorm security. Door propping is a common occurrence on college campuses begging the question, how should a university approach layered security in residence halls?

The University of Massachusetts has installed a new access system for campus residence halls in an effort to clamp down on everything from parties to alleged sexual assaults. The solution has come in the form of a home-grown system that will be used for both electronic access verification and guest registration at roughly half of […]

Attendance is a primary, daily function at virtually every elementary, middle and high school across the country. For large schools and districts, logging and reporting student attendance can be an incessant challenge. In Baltimore, a new system is redefining attendance with the student ID card, paving the way for improved campus safety and efficiency. To […]

PlascoTrac has announced the release of Hero, a cloud-based incident management solution that enables administrators and teachers to log student progress in the classroom, reinforce positive behavior and analyze how student behavior impacts academic performance. Designed for K-12 environments, Hero moves PlascoTrac’s existing features to a cloud-based application where it is paired with a suite […]