Northwest High feeder schools launch new visitor security system Monday

Wichita schools in the Northwest High feeder pattern will begin implementing a new security system Monday that scans visitors’ driver’s licenses and checks them against a nationwide database of sex offenders.

Visitors who come to any school in the Northwest feeder pattern – Northwest, Wilbur, Benton, Kensler, McCollom, Peterson, Levy, Gateway, Little, Sowers, Greiffenstein, Wells and Chisholm Life – will be required to sign in with the Hall Pass system by scanning their driver’s license or other government-issued identification card each time they visit the school during bell hours.

This summer, Wichita district leaders voted to spend up to $200,000 to install scanners at all 91 school buildings this fall and train employees to use them. Schools will continue to implement the system at a rate of about one feeder pattern a week. All schools should be operational by Oct. 6.

Schools in the South High feeder pattern will be next to go online with the new system on Sept. 15.

This story was originally published September 8, 2014 at 11:40 AM with the headline "Northwest High feeder schools launch new visitor security system Monday."