We welcome visitors to our schools. In order to help foster a secure learning environment for our students and staff members, Kearney School District requires visitors to use the Hall Pass Visitor Management System when entering our schools.

Hall Pass is a fast, effective way of ensuring that families and other visitors can get access to their schools while also keeping anyone on the sex offender registry and other restricted individuals away from students and staff. The system operates in the front offices at all KSD schools.

When entering a school, each visitor must present a government-issued ID at the front office. The ID is scanned, and in seconds, Hall Pass conducts a check against the national database of registered sex offenders and a list of restricted visitors. This process will be conducted with anyone who may come into contact with a student, including parents/guardians who are picking up their children.

If the visitor is cleared, Hall Pass will print a time-stamped and dated photo badge for the visitor to wear while on school grounds. The badge will include the reason for and location of the visit.

If the visitor is found on the restricted list, and he or she has a pre-approved, legitimate, school-related reason for the visit (a parent meeting with the principal or teacher, for instance), that person will be supervised by a KSD representative in a secure area away from students. Otherwise, school leaders and safety personnel will be alerted, and he/she will be politely escorted off the property.

The following government-issued IDs are accepted:

• State driver’s license
• State-issued ID
• Passport card
• U.S. Military ID
• Permanent resident card