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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Westfield had huge delays in spring when they tried this AND it was when all the seniors were off campus.

They had two doors/two screeners total. Kids were an hour late to class every day.

The buses held kids on the bus until the pre-screening let-off time then they all got off at once and got in line. It made no sense.

The one police officer who directs the traffic for the whole school was pulled to assist.

I can't imagine what the lines will
Look like with 2700+ kids and two screeners.

PWC school have much lower populations and a lot more screeners.0
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DD goes to Westfield. She said the screening added a couple of minutes to her delay. I dropped her off daily, and there were a couple of days maybe where the lines were long. The traffic cop wasn't pulled off to assist more than a handful of times. If your kid is telling you that the security screening made them an hour late to class, you need to have a chat with them about that.[/quote]

This is not true. Why are you lying?  I drove my dc every day, dc was there on time, and he waited a LONG time every day. Friends whose dc took the bus reported same. Kids were regularly 45-60 min late to his first period. The one day it was raining, they canceled the screening (I guess school shooters stay home when it rains). 
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I'm only telling you about my DD's experience, and mine, since I drove her daily as well. We were never early; she probably would've been late without the screening some days (by a couple of minutes; her first period teacher was insistent that the student's entire body be inside the classroom when the bell rang). She was never more than a few minutes late, even with the screening.

I hate their drop off line, though. It's a hot mess. So towards the end of the school year, would swing through the entrance by the rec center and drop her off in the parking lot there, right by the car line. Vastly better than sitting in the long line of cars.[/quote]

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