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Student asks board to fund RFID readers for high-school elevators, estimates $66,000 cost

5711275 · September 3, 2025
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A Salt Lake City School District student asked trustees to install RFID readers on high-school elevators to improve accessibility for students with disabilities and temporary mobility needs, saying one vendor estimated a $66,000 districtwide cost and requesting distribution of fobs to students without them.

A senior at East High School urged the Salt Lake City Board of Education on Sept. 2 to fund RFID readers on high-school elevators so that students with permanent and temporary disabilities can access elevators without relying on a staff-held key.

“My goal is to install RFID readers on the elevator to to make the elevator more accessible at each high school,” the student, Drake, told…

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