As part of a new security initiative, the Detroit, Michigan school system will distribute plastic ID cards to all high school students, according to the Journal, an education technology magazine. The students will have to swipe their ID cards in order to be marked present for class, and all staff will have to swipe in and out of the building every day.
The plan is part of a $42 million program meant to increase overall security and performance standards in the school district
"When I talk to parents about what should be the district’s top priorities, many place safety and security in schools above anything else," Detroit Emergency financial director Robert Bobb told the news provider. "Our new safety and security plan is designed to improve school monitoring with state-of-the-art digital cameras and alarms and a new employee and student badge system that combined will allow us to know exactly who is in our buildings at all times and cut police response times in an emergency."
The program also calls for 100 security cameras to be installed in each public school throughout the district. The announcement came two days following a bomb scare at a Detroit school, where a student was accused of bringing explosives into the school.
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