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Board approves Raptor visitor-management and badge-alert system for campus safety
Summary
The board approved a roughly $127,000 purchase of Raptor visitor-management iPads and a badge-based alert system that will allow staff to check in with badges, scan driver’s licenses, and trigger tiered emergency alerts tied to campus beacons and 911 integration; recurring licensing costs were noted.
The Tuscaloosa City Schools Board of Education voted on June 3 to purchase a Raptor visitor-management and badge-alert system, which staff said will add badge check-in, driver-license scanning and a tiered emergency alert function for district campuses.
District presenters explained the purchase in two parts: visitor management hardware (iPads on stands to accept badge or license check-in) and an alert badge system for employees. The board was told badges can be used for routine check-in and for emergency signaling. As explained in the presentation, pressing a badge three times…
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