Have your bathrooms become student meetup spots? Are there too many students roaming your halls when they should be in class? Do you wish you had better visibility and control of student movement? If you’re still using old school hall passes, the struggle to stop student meetups, monitor bathrooms, and prevent hall pass abuse is real. For those who’ve made the switch to a digital hall pass, however, challenges like these are a thing of the past.
When schools implement a digital hall pass, the improvements they experience are dramatic and measurable.
A digital hall pass can help you:
- Strengthen school safety and emergency response
- Stop secret meetups and keep students accountable
- Reduce vandalism, fighting, and behavior incidents
- Regain control of your halls and bathrooms
(But don’t just take our word for it.)
Hear how five schools are reducing student meetups, strengthening school safety, and regaining control of their hallways and bathrooms with a digital hall pass.
Bluffton High School: Reduced Students in the Hallways by 80%
Responsible for 1,400 students in grades 9-12, Principal Matt Hall of Bluffton High School says the transformation after implementing a digital hall pass was dramatic. Having used Securly Pass in his previous middle school as well, Principal Hall believes a digital hall pass “is a game changer.”
The improvements he experienced also caught the attention of district leadership, who’ve now purchased Securly Pass for every middle and high school.
✅ Reduced students in the hallways during class from 20+ to a max of 4: an 80% improvement
✅ Replaced multiple tracking systems with a single reliable one
✅ Created unified oversight across the entire building
Wilson Elementary: Stopped Bathroom Crowding & Vandalism
For Vice Principal John Keeter of Wilson Elementary, bathroom management was a huge challenge. Students were regularly lined up to use the bathroom. Once inside, they often started screwing around, getting in fights, or doing damage.
With the capabilities Securly Pass provides to limit bathroom requests and investigate should an incident occur, he happily reports that bathroom incidents are no longer a problem at his school.
✅ Nearly eliminated bathroom incidents within a year and a half
✅ Reduced vandalism cases to just two occurrences
✅ Used hall pass records to investigate incidents and hold students accountable
Auburn High School: Prevented 1,467 Attempted Student Meetups
Jaden Hassell, an IT technician for Auburn High School, explains that being able to restrict students with known conflicts from using hall passes at the same time has significantly reduced conflicts and behavior incidents.
The ability to restrict student movement in a lockdown situation has proved invaluable as well.
✅ Prevented more than 1,400 potential fights and conflicts by restricting student contact
✅ Reduced behavior incidents from 100 in 2023-24 to just 37 the following year
✅ Gained the ability to instantly restrict student movement in a lockdown
Troy Athens High School: Keeping Students in Class to Improve Academic Performance
For Troy Athens High School, moving from an antiquated hall pass system to a digital hall pass formalized expectations and added a layer of accountability. Principal Vernon Burden reports that his staff are consistently enforcing hall pass processes, and the number of students requesting passes has measurably decreased.
He also shares that AP Statistics students analyzed data from Securly Pass for a special project, revealing that the amount of time students spend out of class negatively impacts academic performance. The district is now implementing Securly Pass across all high schools.
✅ Formalized hall pass processes and expectations across staff and students
✅ Reduced pass requests through greater student accountability
✅ Uncovered a direct correlation between time spent out of class and academic performance
Welsh Valley Middle School: Using Digital Hall Pass Data to Validate Concerns and Have Better Conversations with Families
At Welsh Valley Middle School, every grade and team had their own system for keeping track of students’ whereabouts. Securly Pass provides a consistent process that everyone now uses, as well as valuable data about student movement and hall pass usage.
“Having real data versus anecdotal data during conversations with students and families is really helpful,” says Kristy Fruit, coordinator of student interventions. “Being able to say ‘your student has been out of class for 45 minutes today’ is powerful.”
✅ Created consistent hall pass processes across all grades
✅ Reduced hall pass requests and hallway traffic
✅ Gained data to strengthen conversations with families about concerns
Digital Hall Pass Adoption: Easier Than You Think
Many schools are understandably cautious about adding new technology. Teachers can be skeptical about learning another digital tool, and administrators must overcome the natural resistance to change. Yet those who’ve already implemented a digital hall pass consistently report that once faculty and staff see a digital hall pass in action, they’re bought in.
Jaden Hassell was blown away by teachers’ responses, sharing “When we introduced Securly Pass, I had teachers standing and clapping because it met an important need.”
At Wilson Elementary, where managing student movement had been a persistent challenge, teachers also embraced Securly Pass. “Teachers really like it. They really bought in because it’s significantly cut down on the number of disturbances,” shares Vice Principal John Keeter.
Principal Burden says Securly Pass “has been received really well” in his school, too. “Staff really like it because it has driven down the number of requests by adding a layer of responsibility. We’re getting everybody on the same page with what our processes are and how we’re benefiting each other by following them.”
How Could a Digital Hall Pass Help Your School?
While hearing from your peers is valuable, seeing a digital hall pass in action is the best way to see how it could help your school. The Securly Pass team of former educators understands your challenges and would love to show you what’s possible.
