CASE STUDY
A quarter schedule meant re-stickering ID cards every term and checking in 600 students each morning by hand. With digital student IDs and hall passes, Channel Islands cut hall pass hours 26% and gained 1,525 hours of class time.
- 1,525hours of class time gained
- 26%fewer hall pass hours
- 2,800active digital student IDs
Channel Islands High School
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THE CHALLENGE
ID Stickers That Changed Every Quarter
Channel Islands runs on a quarter system, so student schedules change often and some students don’t have class first or fourth period. To manage arrival, staff put stickers on student IDs, then peeled them off and re-stickered them every time schedules changed. Printed IDs arrived late, got lost, or were forgotten. Students wandered campus, and some hall passes were large pieces of wood.
Key problem areas:
- Lost or forgotten IDs
- Little oversight of student movement
- No fast, safe way to admit 600+ students each morning
- ID stickers that were hard to keep up to date
- Paper and wooden hall passes that didn’t work
Safely admitting around 600 students in the morning was a challenge. We’d use ID cards, but seeing as schedules change every quarter, we’d have to get all the IDs, remove the previous sticker, and add another sticker on it. And then there might be another schedule change and we’d be like, ‘Oh, no! Pull the sticker off, get them all back again!’ It wasn’t practical.”
THE SOLUTION
Digital Student IDs First, Then Digital Hall Passes
Assistant Principal Wendi Butler introduced digital student IDs in year one. Now 95% of students use their phones as ID cards, and the rest use school Chromebooks. Digital stickers handle arrival and dismissal, so schedule changes no longer mean re-stickering cards.
Digital hall passes followed in year two, with live timers, a 10-minute limit on every pass, and daily limits that fit each student’s needs. Under the school’s gender-sensitive policy, boys get two passes a day and girls get three, to reflect girls’ restroom needs during puberty. There’s also flexibility for students who drop off younger siblings in the morning.
What Minga offered:
- Digital student IDs with digital stickers for arrival and dismissal
- Live countdown timers on every pass
- Student-created, teacher-approved passes
- Hall pass limits that fit each student’s needs
- Clear data on student movement
Now, I look out at the quad and I don’t see anyone just wandering around anymore. I don’t have to fill my day with chasing around wandering students. They’re now far more aware of time.”
THE OUTCOMES
Digital Student IDs, a Safer Campus, and More Time in Class
1,525 hours of class time gained
Live timers get students back to class faster, and 26% fewer hall pass hours means more time learning.
2,800 active digital IDs
95% of students carry their ID on their phone, and printed cards are no longer a start-of-year scramble.
Fair rules with room for real life
Every pass has a 10-minute limit, with flexibility for students who have family responsibilities in the morning.
Easier restroom requests
Student-created passes have eased the anxiety female students once felt asking male teachers for restroom breaks.
Less friction in class
There are no more arguments about leaving the room. Teachers see who’s out and when they’re due back.
Clear data on movement
Dashboards show where every student is meant to be at a glance.
Minga has exceeded expectations. The impact was more than I anticipated. I didn’t expect how extensively we could use the hall pass system for so many different things. And this has really helped to cut out the mystery about what these kids are doing.”
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