Sitting atop the main office counter inside Paragon Charter Academy is a virtual security guard that grants or denies people access to the building based on whether they are registered sex offenders.
Visitors, volunteers and maintenance workers stand in front of the machine, called LobbyGuard. An embedded camera snaps their photo and a computer scans their driver's license, checking names and birthdays against a national sex offender database.
With many districts struggling to maintain operations with limited state funding, school leaders say it is getting more difficult to install all safety measures they would like to have.Many agree that school-safety measures should be one of the last things to go.
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