Student ID Lanyard

[Anonymous]

Our new principal just sent this out in the weekly communications:

Student IDs: This year student IDs must be visible throughout the day, particularly when students are in the hallways. Students may wear their id on a lanyard, clip it to their clothing, or attach it to their backpack. Underclassmen pictures will be taken on 09/06-09/11, which means we expect to fully enforce this rule as of 09/16. As always, student ids will be required to attend school events.

This is new for our school.

Question: Do other schools implement this? Does it actually work? What are the consequences if kids do not comply?

[Anonymous]

This was piloted at a few high schools last year and is rolling out to all schools this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our new principal just sent this out in the weekly communications:

Student IDs: This year student IDs must be visible throughout the day, particularly when students are in the hallways. Students may wear their id on a lanyard, clip it to their clothing, or attach it to their backpack. Underclassmen pictures will be taken on 09/06-09/11, which means we expect to fully enforce this rule as of 09/16. As always, student ids will be required to attend school events.

This is new for our school.

Question: Do other schools implement this? Does it actually work? What are the consequences if kids do not comply?

I hope it's happening at middle schools too. It's helpful for security purposes. Not sure why clipping to a backpack is OK, though. Backpacks are in the lockers at our school during the school day.

[Anonymous]

This will be in all schools. 5 below has fun lanyards or you can get them on Amazon. Don’t make a big deal or wait for “consequences” Just wear the ID.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our new principal just sent this out in the weekly communications:

Student IDs: This year student IDs must be visible throughout the day, particularly when students are in the hallways. Students may wear their id on a lanyard, clip it to their clothing, or attach it to their backpack. Underclassmen pictures will be taken on 09/06-09/11, which means we expect to fully enforce this rule as of 09/16. As always, student ids will be required to attend school events.

This is new for our school.

Question: Do other schools implement this? Does it actually work? What are the consequences if kids do not comply?

I hope it's happening at middle schools too. It's helpful for security purposes. Not sure why clipping to a backpack is OK, though. Backpacks are in the lockers at our school during the school day.

That refers to high school. Most do not use lockers

[Anonymous]

There's no rigor behind it. They don't scan or check every kid individually. They just rely on admin and security to eyeball the kids as they come in. As you can imagine, there is enough admin and security to do this thoroughly for all kids so some kids can and do get by the so-called ID badge entry requirement.

Richard Montgomery's student newspaper quoted a student who pointed out how easy it was to bypass the ID requirement and still get into the school: https://thermtide.com/18687/news/rm-ramps-up-hallway-security-measures/

Meanwhile, other students think the cards could be a good thing but are not used properly. “I think [the ID cards] would help. However, I do think security does a bad job of checking them. Today I walked into school without showing my ID card because there was no security guard there,” sophomore Coby Ritter said. “If the ID cards implemented it right it will go well but that takes effort.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was piloted at a few high schools last year and is rolling out to all schools this year.

This is the first I’m hearing of it. Have all the schools communicated this?

[Anonymous]

Wow. Mcps is finally catching up with 2003.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's no rigor behind it. They don't scan or check every kid individually. They just rely on admin and security to eyeball the kids as they come in. As you can imagine, there is enough admin and security to do this thoroughly for all kids so some kids can and do get by the so-called ID badge entry requirement.

Richard Montgomery's student newspaper quoted a student who pointed out how easy it was to bypass the ID requirement and still get into the school: https://thermtide.com/18687/news/rm-ramps-up-hallway-security-measures/

Meanwhile, other students think the cards could be a good thing but are not used properly. “I think [the ID cards] would help. However, I do think security does a bad job of checking them. Today I walked into school without showing my ID card because there was no security guard there,” sophomore Coby Ritter said. “If the ID cards implemented it right it will go well but that takes effort.”

MCPS isn't a jail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's no rigor behind it. They don't scan or check every kid individually. They just rely on admin and security to eyeball the kids as they come in. As you can imagine, there is enough admin and security to do this thoroughly for all kids so some kids can and do get by the so-called ID badge entry requirement.

Richard Montgomery's student newspaper quoted a student who pointed out how easy it was to bypass the ID requirement and still get into the school: https://thermtide.com/18687/news/rm-ramps-up-hallway-security-measures/

Meanwhile, other students think the cards could be a good thing but are not used properly. “I think [the ID cards] would help. However, I do think security does a bad job of checking them. Today I walked into school without showing my ID card because there was no security guard there,” sophomore Coby Ritter said. “If the ID cards implemented it right it will go well but that takes effort.”

MCPS isn't a jail.

How does that response address the fact that the solution has Swiss cheese-sized holes in it? And if you don't actually intend for the solution to be resourced seriously and with fidelity, why implement it? People aren't stupid.

[Anonymous]

Having a physical ID badge visible throughout the day is normal in many workplaces. This isn’t that big of a deal. But what it will do is help adults in the building identify students in the halls during the day who do not belong in the building.

Bonus - maybe more kids will learn the names of the other kids in their groups in class. You’d be surprised by how many don’t know the name of the kid they’ve been sitting with all quarter.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like your school is dangerous. No, our school doesn't do this.

[Anonymous]

Maybe they’ll pass out lanyards when they give them their new student IDs. That’s what our middle school did last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they’ll pass out lanyards when they give them their new student IDs. That’s what our middle school did last year.

Our HS already said they will provide the lanyards.

[Anonymous]

Ha! When I googled it came up with this from 1999 that said it would be implemented soon.....wow!

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=106