In January of 2006, Michigan legislators created the "1,000 Foot School Safety Zone" to protect children and schools from convicted sex offenders.
At one local school, it's not a police officer stopping the bad guys from coming in, it's a computer.
When visitors walk through the doors at Cross Creek Academy, it's not a secretary checking people in, it's what they call a LobbyGuard. This is a machine designed to screen out the worst in our society from getting close to children. Anyone who walks into the school building must put their driver's license in just to be able to get a pass.
"We do a background check on every adult coming into the building" said Joe Niewkoop, the Principal of Cross Creek.
The machine recognizes sex offenders on the national registry.
When a sex offender tries to come in, the computer immediately alerts the principal that a problem might be happening.
Parents like Jan Baumann are thrilled by it, her second grader attends Cross Creek. She says it gives her a sense of security and she believes that all schools should make the investment.
All National Heritage Academies across the country have installed the systems to screen individuals coming into the school.
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