Fairbanks visitors must scan IDs
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September 5, 2024
Visitors to any of the buildings on the Fairbanks campus will have to scan a government-issued ID through the district’s new Raptor Visitor Management System, pictured above. Officials said the system compares information to a sex offender database and alerts school administrators as well as police if a match is found. (Photo submitted)

Fairbanks visitors must scan IDs

By Mike Williamson

Visitors to the Fairbanks campus will notice a new process for entering the district’s buildings.

This school year, officials rolled out the Raptor Visitor Management System to better keep track of and screen visitors after running it as a pilot program in the spring.

The system stops visitors a...

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