Between an increase in violent incidents in schools, and the world just getting over the COVID-19 pandemic, there are multiple safety reasons behind only allowing certain people onto school grounds. In recent years, schools have tightened security measures to protect students such as hiring more school resource officers (SRO’s), installing metal detectors, door locks or implementing school safety plans.
In 2008, only 31 percent of schools reported having systems in place to manage visitors such as screening tools, anonymous reporting and notification systems, but according to data from the PEW Research Center, that number is up to 66 percent as of 2022.
Some safety measures, such as making visitors sign in and out of the building, were much more common with 98 percent of schools reporting it was a requirement. But today’s climate shows us that a simple sign in and sign out is not enough to protect students. Having a software tool that allows users to not only screen and vet their visitors, but track their whereabouts inside the building is imperative to building a safer school community.
In addition, Traction Guest’s 2020 report on visitor management systems found that 92 percent of respondents believe visitor management tools make their school or workplace safer, and 86 percent of those who didn’t have a system in place say they wish they did.
How Kokomo24/7® Can Help
Kokomo24/7® understands that every school, both small and large, has its own unique set of health and safety needs and challenges. We can provide your school with a robust yet easy-to-use software platform that helps to better manage student safety and school safety.
For Visitor Management specifically, the Kokomo24/7® Visitor Management tool simplifies the complicated but vital work of visitor management and can empower school leaders in the following ways:
1. Ensure all visitors are properly managed and tracked through screening tools, attendance tracking, and option for digital badging.
2. Customize pre-screening or on-site questions for all entering guests
3. Optional QR code check-in and check-out for guest status tracking
4. Manage multiple site locations
5. Optional digital badging system
6. Automated notifications to specific people or groups based on customized rules
7. Optional integration with security and door locking systems, network devices, temperature device scans, and more
8. Interface with guests via email and SMS
9. Integrates with other Kokomo24/7r solutions
10. Dashboard displays guests and volunteer whereabouts in real-time
Kokomo24/7®’s visitor management tool is critical to help make schools safer. It enables users to manage and track all company visitors and volunteers as well as the ability to monitor guest status through a centralized dashboard with all guest contact info and guest whereabout status in real-time, even across multiple sites.
Kokomo24/7®’s health and safety software platform provides the tools school leaders need to foster a safer and more secure environment by ensuring all visitors are properly managed through screening and tracking before they even arrive on school grounds.
Why Kokomo24/7®
Ever since Kokomo24/7® was founded in 2018, we have been a leader in compliance and risk management solutions for all things health and safety. Kokomo24/7® proudly serves schools, communities, and workplaces. Our mission is to deliver highly effective, easy-to-use, and trusted compliance and risk management solutions that bridge the gap between public safety and technology.
Whether you work for a small school, a big-city public district, or any institution in between, we want to hear from you.
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