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Lanyards past, present and future anyards. Everyone has one and most hate them. While lanyards are a thorn in most student’s sides, they are there for a reason. “It’s to identify the students that are ours, as opposed to those that are not ours, and should be using a visitor pass instead,” Casey Campin, Assistant Principal, said. “That way if something is going on in the hallway and the teacher doesn’t know you, you can show them you’re ID for quick identification.” The rumor floating throughout the halls is that the lanyards will be needed to enter and exit the building starting next year. The rumor is more fact then fiction. “We’re looking at possibly putting a barcode on it,” said Campin. “You would have to check into school with that ID, you would swipe it and it would show what time you got here, you would have to swipe it to go in and out of your classroom, because it would time stamp who you are, when you left and where you’re supposed to be.” At this point, the use of lanyards for this purpose is still in the discussion phase. The main things are the scanning in and out of class has to be set in place, it can be quite expensive to buy all the proper equipment, and it would have to be very closely monitored by someone in the building. “As we all know, everyone is supposed to have a lanyard now,” Campin said. The future of the lanyard system isn’t set in stone right now, but the talk of changing it to a more secure system looks great. The bond money given to our school is supposed to be used for fire, life safety and security upgrades. For those that attended Benson last year, teachers had to check if you had the lanyard in each class. If a student didn’t have their lanyard they would get a check and after five offences students would have to get a new Story by Andre Wills ◦ Reporter one. This year that system is vastly different. When it comes to the security aspect of the lanyards, the staff takes it very serious. The freedoms of leaving the classroom alone is taken when students don’t have that lanyard with them. “What we’re doing now, is once you’re in the room, if you don’t have your ID, you don’t leave,” Campin. said. This year you don’t have to wear the lanyard, but the consequences can be severe. “With homecoming, you didn’t buy a ticket without an ID. The same goes for prom, you may be one of stu- dents, but for safety in our building we need to hold you accountable before you go to the fun stuff,” Campin said. Photo By Abby Jackson ◦ The Benson High News December 2015 The Benson High News 02 NEWS Editor-in Chief: Jeremy Davis Layout Editor: Abby Jackson Cartoonist: Tiana Conyers Reporters: Andre Wills Evelin Diaz Payton Kothe Cristhian Quirino THE BENSON HIGH NEWS STAFF Contact the Staff NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY: The Omaha Public Schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, age, genetic information, citizenship status, or eco- nomic status in its programs, activities, and employment. Such discrimination is prohibited by state and/or federal law. Anyone who has a question or concern about possible discrimination by OPS should contact the building principal or one of the following persons who have been designated to handle inquiries, grievance procedures, and the application of particular nondiscrimination poli- cies at the OPS Teacher Administrative Center, 3215 Cuming Street, Omaha, NE 68131 or (402) 557-2222. Benson High School 5120 Maple St. Omaha, Neb. 68104 L e Construction and Design Academy’s lanyard back. e lanyards have new logos specified for each of the lanyards to show what academy each person belongs to. (402) 557-3030 http://benson.ops.org Columnists: Tiana Conyers Desiree Roberson Adviser: Justine Garman Principal: Anita Harkins Curriculum Specialist: Jane Laughlin @gofundme; Online Newspaper for Benson https://www.gofundme. com/6f5sbu64
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Lanyards past, present and futureanyards. Everyone has one and most hate them. While lanyards are a thorn in most student’s sides, they are there for a reason.
“It’s to identify the students that are ours, as opposed to those that are not ours, and should be using a visitor pass instead,” Casey Campin, Assistant Principal, said. “That way if something is going on in the hallway and the teacher doesn’t know you, you can show them you’re ID for quick identification.” The rumor floating throughout the halls is that the lanyards will be needed to enter and exit the building starting next year. The rumor is more fact then fiction. “We’re looking at possibly putting a barcode on it,” said Campin. “You would have to check into school with that ID, you would swipe it and it would show what time you got here, you would have to swipe it to go in and out of your classroom, because it would time stamp who you are, when you left and where you’re supposed to be.” At this point, the use of lanyards for this purpose is still in the discussion phase. The main things are the scanning in and out of class has to be set in place, it can be quite expensive to buy all the proper equipment, and it would have to be very closely monitored by someone in the building. “As we all know, everyone is supposed to have a lanyard now,” Campin said. The future of the lanyard system isn’t set in stone right now, but the talk of changing it to a more secure system looks great. The bond money given to our school is supposed to be used for fire, life safety and security upgrades. For those that attended Benson last year, teachers had to check if you had the lanyard in each class. If a student didn’t have their lanyard they would get a check and after five offences students would have to get a new
Story by Andre Wills ◦ Reporter
one. This year that system is vastly different. When it comes to the security aspect of the lanyards, the staff takes it very serious. The freedoms of leaving the classroom alone is taken when students don’t have that lanyard with them. “What we’re doing now, is once you’re in the room, if you don’t have your ID, you don’t leave,” Campin. said. This year you don’t have to wear the lanyard, but the consequences can be severe. “With homecoming, you didn’t buy a ticket without an ID. The same goes for prom, you may be one of stu-dents, but for safety in our building we need to hold you accountable before you go to the fun stuff,” Campin said.
Photo By Abby Jackson ◦ The Benson High News
December 2015 The Benson High News 02News
Editor-in Chief:Jeremy Davis
Layout Editor:Abby Jackson
Cartoonist:Tiana Conyers
Reporters:Andre WillsEvelin DiazPayton KotheCristhian Quirino
The BeNsoN high News sTaff
Contact the Staff
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY:
The Omaha Public Schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion,
sex, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, age, genetic information, citizenship status, or eco-
nomic status in its programs, activities, and employment. Such discrimination is prohibited by state
and/or federal law. Anyone who has a question or concern about possible discrimination by OPS
should contact the building principal or one of the following persons who have been designated to
handle inquiries, grievance procedures, and the application of particular nondiscrimination poli-
cies at the OPS Teacher Administrative Center, 3215 Cuming Street, Omaha, NE 68131 or (402)
557-2222.
Benson High School5120 Maple St.
Omaha, Neb. 68104
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The Construction and Design Academy’s lanyard back. The lanyards have new logos specified for each of the lanyards to show what academy each person belongs to.
(402) 557-3030http://benson.ops.org
Columnists:Tiana ConyersDesiree Roberson
Adviser:Justine Garman
Principal:Anita Harkins
Curriculum Specialist:Jane Laughlin
@gofundme; Online Newspaper
for Benson https://www.gofundme.
com/6f5sbu64
