Parents are welcome to visit the school/classrooms. Classroom visits should be arranged with the teacher in advance. By law, all visitors to the school must register at the school office upon arrival. A visitor's badge (or volunteer badge) must be worn at all times while on the school campus. This is a safety precaution that serves as a signal to school personnel that a visitor has been cleared by the school office.

TCSD uses the Raptor Visitor Management System in all of our schools to strengthen campus safety for students and faculty. 

How Does It Work?

The Raptor system better allows us to screen visitors, contractors, and volunteers in our schools. Upon entering a district building, visitors will be asked to present a US government-issued ID, which will be scanned into the system. (Examples of government-issued IDs include a state-issued driver’s license or ID card, military ID, Mexican consular card, green card, Mexican voting registration card, and passport ID card.)

The Raptor system will check to ensure that registered sexual offenders are not entering our school campuses without our knowledge. The Raptor system checks the visitor's name and date of birth for comparison with a national database of registered sex offenders. The registered sex offender database is the only official database checked by the Raptor system. No other data from the ID is gathered or recorded and the information is not shared with any outside agency.

Once entry is approved, Raptor will issue a badge that identifies the visitor, the date, and the purpose of their visit. A visitor’s badge will not be produced for those who visit our schools simply to drop off or pick up an item in the office. A parent or guardian picking up a student in the office will not receive a visitor’s badge but will be required to provide an ID card before the student will be released. In the very simplest of terms, this means that no one but school staff and students will be admitted to the campus or will be allowed to pick up students unless a government-issued ID is presented and clearance is approved by the Raptor system.

This procedure is in place and enforced during the school day and during the ASES program. This means the parents or guardians retrieving students at the conclusion of the ASES program will be required to present an appropriate ID card to pick up their student(s). Additionally, individuals picking up a student during the school day or during or after the ASES program must also be listed on the student’s emergency contact card.

Please be aware that there will be NO EXCEPTIONS to this very important safety procedure, and the ID card is required each time a visitor enters the campus. The safety of our students is our highest priority and the Raptor Visitor Management System allows us to quickly identify those that may present a danger to our students.