Atlantic City bets on transparent backpacks and ID cards.When Atlantic City High School Atlantic City High School is a four-year public high school located in Atlantic City, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Atlantic City School District. The current school building opened in 1994 and holds approximately 2,500 students. in Hew Jersey was recently labeled "persistently dangerous" under No Child Left Behind, two new policies were born: see-through backpacks and student ID cards with magnetic strips. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. published news reports, the school board approved the new security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security last summer. The district is to have card-reading machines, which are to be set up at each entrance and metal detector, where students will have to swipe their cards upon entering. If a student is found to have a weapon or contraband contraband, in international law, goods necessary or useful in the prosecution of war that a belligerent may lawfully seize from a neutral who is attempting to deliver them to the enemy. , authorities will know where and when the student entered the school--and which security guard failed to find the contraband. And if a suspended student swipes his or her card, the machine alerts the guard. |
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