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Tunkhannock Area SD board approves Digital Hallway student pass system for three-year term
Summary
The Tunkhannock Area School District board approved a three-year contract for Digital Hallway, a Chromebook-based hall pass system, after a pilot at the high school; the district will start payments July 1 and continue through school year 2027-28.
The Tunkhannock Area School District board voted to approve Digital Hallway software for the 2025-26 through 2027-28 school years, locking in a three-year contract that follows a high-school pilot and a planned July 1 start date.
Board members and staff said the system lets students request hall passes on their Chromebooks and routes approvals to teachers. The superintendent said the system will “help us locate patterns more efficiently” when students miss instructional time and that administrators can review pass activity to identify repeated absences from class.
Superintendent (name not specified) explained features demonstrated during a pilot: pass requests appear on teachers’ devices, pass creation can be blocked when patterns suggest coordinated hallway meetups, and the system logs time out of class to assist interventions. The superintendent said the district will not begin payments until July 1 and that an intermediate-school (IC) pilot is under consideration to assess whether the product fits the building’s grade configuration.
Board members acknowledged the system’s cost but said the ability to track instructional time and identify patterns of lost class time justified the expense. The superintendent said the district will continue to monitor parent feedback; during the high-school pilot, staff reported no substantive complaints from parents.
The board approved the motion by roll call; all voting members recorded affirmative votes.
