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The two local teachers Matt Ridenour and Josette Rechul of Michigan proclaimed of launching the Tacking Appropriate Behavior System (TABS), in response to the Parkland shooting and the rise of the school-related gun throughout the country.

TABS, a web-based software application designed to aid schools with student management issues work to track student behavior and handle a crisis situation during a lockdown.

Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) tracking and advanced paperless hall pass technology are used in easy-to-use application system with instantaneous safe schools lockdown automation.

Use of application

When an administrator acknowledges a crisis state, they initiate a lockdown via desktop or smartphone. Every instructor, adviser, and security team member at that time receive a push notification that a crisis is occurring.

The teacher responds with "safe" or "not safe."

A spreadsheet is seen by the administrator that updates in real time displaying who is safe and who is not safe. This lets the administrator make speedy decisions on where to go, or where to direct first respondents.

"Every day that I walk into school I see the need for a system like this," said Ridenour, co-founder of TABS and teacher at Crestwood High School in Dearborn Heights.

"Teachers are overwhelmed and they need simple solutions to help monitor students. TABS streamlines a number of cumbersome processes, allowing teachers and administrators to focus on the reason they are there in the first place."

The evolution of application TABS commenced four years ago, and it is a culmination of years of hard work, problem-solving, and development.

By Sowmya Sangam