App implemented as hall pass; behavioral issues down at Butler high school
Morgan McMillen, science teacher at Butler Area High School, shows a digital hall pass app Monday, March 13 that helps faculty track student movement and time spent outside classrooms at the school. Implemented in January, the system works on PC- and phone-based platforms. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Butler Area School District has been updating technology throughout its schools for several years, and the most recent technological advancement implemented at Butler Senior High School has been to the hall pass.
Jason Huffman, principal of Butler Senior High School, said administrators introduced SmartPass, a web application that helps control student movement throughout the campus, in January, and it already has helped cut down on behavioral issues.
Since its introduction, SmartPass has all but replaced the block hall passes previously used in the school.
