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KiddyKoral
provides safety
for children at
day care centers
and
kindergartens
At Mount
Zion Lutheran
School in
Boulder,
Colorado,
security has
gone high tech.
“People want
security for
their children,”
said Mark
Cowley,
President of
Boulder-based,
Infotronics
International.
"They want to
know that they
are in a safe
environment."
Mark Cowley is
the parent of
two Mount Zion
students.
The system
incorporates a
digital camera
and TROVAN
passive
transponder
technology to
provide the
school with a
very flexible
access control
system and
automated
accounting
system, while
controlling
movement of the
children.
Digital
photographs of
each child and
parent(s) are
taken and stored
in a database
along with
important
emergency
contact and
medical
information for
each student.
All authorized
care givers must
be registered in
the database and
their data is
linked to the
child’s record
via a unique
TROVAN ID card.
Teachers have
quick access to
photographs,
family contacts
and detailed
information
about each
student,
including
immunizations
and allergies.
“We have instant
access to vital
information in
emergency
situations,”
said Cheryl
Crabbs, a
teacher at Mount
Zion. “For new
teachers who
haven’t yet met
all the parents,
there’s a
picture on there
[in the system]
so they can make
sure it’s the
right parent,
even if the
person doesn’t
have a card.”
The first
line of defense
begins at the
door, the only
direct entrance
into the daycare
center. Parents
have specially
coded cards that
are scanned to
open the lock of
the door.
Parents are
pleased with the
system. “I like
that it’s
convenient and
quick,” says
Jennifer Turner,
a parent. Once
inside parents
scan the card
again at a PC,
where they can
check their
children in and
out of daycare.
The system keeps
track of who
dropped off and
picked up which
children at what
time, down to
the minute. When
the child is
picked up, the
ID card is
scanned and the
photographs of
the children
linked to that
card are
displayed for
the operator to
authorize
release.
KiddyKoral
automatically
captures
drop-off and
pickup times for
billing
calculations and
provides a
number of
reports to aid
in facility
administration,
invoicing and
tracking of
payments and
receipts.
By Mark
Cowley,
Infotronics
International
Inc.
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