FAQ - Why does your school or organization need this innovative service?
"We’ve never lost a child on a Field Trip"
A) Despite
the school's precautions and a teacher's best efforts, child separation can happen quickly. Schools report these incidents
regularly.
B) You have contingency plans for most every event. Why not on your field trips where a great vulnerability exists?
"Parents
may perceive a separated child as a vulnerability of Field Trips"
IT MOST CERTAINLY IS and to ignore the possibility puts your
students at risk
A) Even the best supervision can’t completely eliminate the chance of a small or special needs child wandering off
B)
Additional, secure, automated safety processes will be appreciated by parents that entrust their children to the school
"Our
Teachers don’t mind giving their cell phone number to parents"
A) Parents may eventually use it for other reasons that could become
a nuisance or invasion of privacy
B) Even if a chaperone has the number, if a child becomes separated from them your
number in their hands is of no use
C) With our system, parents, police, facility security, or a good samaritan will
be directed to the correct number to eliminate human error
"We take parents on our Field Trips to help watch the children"
A)
Parents are not professionally trained to supervise children - Child Safety is the ultimate responsibility of the teacher
and school
B) Parents are viewing the displays and exhibits as well and are not always as attentive as the teacher
C) The parents
may not know the children assigned to them
"We use matching shirts or nametags"
A) Matching shirts help if the group and your
child are within visual proximity
B) Name tags expose the child’s identity in public to strangers, which is a practice experts
advise is dangerous
C) Field Trip Safeguard is a compliment and a safer alternative to current practices
"Older kids won't wear
the lanyards"
A) By design for that very reason the card can be clipped to belt or placed in pocket
B) Even some older elementary students
can get flustered or frightened when separated from a group
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