Vanderbilt Industries 2 Cranberry Road Parsippany, NJ 07054 973 316 3900 vanderbiltindustries.com @VanderbiltInd Vanderbilt Industries And while the schools don’t provide credentials to students, Klontz said they do issue four-digit PIN numbers to the parents of children enrolled at the older Agritopia Campus, thereby providing an additional layer of security that people demand in K-12 environments today. key when they leave, it is easy to deactivate them in the system and we have the added capability of locking the campus down better. ” Although the facial recognition aspect of the project didn’t work as planned, Haber said they are looking into the possibility of leveraging another biometric system, such as fingerprint, retina or iris scan, with Vanderbilt on the back end in order to provide that “wow” factor for the district moving forward. “We are trying to find the right solution that fits where the parents don’t have to have a credential and also ensure that mom or dad can’t share a PIN number or something like that,” he said. “It didn’t work out with facial recognition, so we’re trying to get them a better solution.” Aside from ripping and replacing some of the hardware at the two older campuses and getting the new system up and running, both Klontz and Haber said the technical challenges on the project have been minimal. “Pretty much everyone has loved it,” Klontz said. “ We’re always getting feedback from folks saying, ‘Hey, we want more doors added at the different campuses or more access points so we can control things even more.’ The Vanderbilt software runs everything very smoothly.” “The other system we used had a lot fewer capabilities and was really lacking with regards to the types of features available,” Klontz said. “When it came to adding more than five time zones or setups, it didn’t give us that type of option. Now, if someone doesn’t turn in their