AUBURN — Visitors entering any of the town’s schools now must leave a driver’s license or other form of government issued picture ID at the office.
The ID is traded for a visitors card, and the ID is returned at the end of the visit.
School officials in several Central Massachusetts communities say they are not considering similar policies, although Leominster Superintendent of Schools Nadine B. Binkley said she has talked to police about participating in a pilot program that would use scanning equipment provided by Raptor Technologies, a company based in Houston.
Ms. Binkley said a visitor would go to the school office and a device would scan the ID to determine whether the visitor was a registered sex offender, domestic dispute offender or had outstanding arrest warrants. For visitors who received cyber-approval, they would receive a badge that contains their name, photo, date and time they went into the school as well as their destination. If the visitor has a record that is flagged on the equipment, authorities would be notified.
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