Budget restraints force Virginia Beach district to scrap visitor-screening system

From The Virginian Pilot: Budget restraints have forced officials in the Virginia Beach (Va.) school system to scrap a plan to install security software that would have screened school visitors against a national database of registered sex offenders. The system was tested at three school buildings in the spring, winning praise from some parents and drawing the ire of others who argued the background checks were intrusive and unnecessary. Installing and running the security system would have cost the division $120,000 the first year and $36,288 each year after that.