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Cameras let parents watch kids
online Newly purchased technology allows parents of Tomorrow Montessori School students to check in on their children throughout the day via real-time cameras which broadcast over the Internet. The North Milpitas Boulevard preschool had four cameras installed last month. According to Colleen Noll, the preschool's owner and director, Tomorrow Montessori adopted the technology to give parents the extra feeling of comfort many desire after dropping their kids off each morning. "I think it's a really good idea," she said. "We have confidence in our teachers and what they do and there isn't anything we would not want to show our parents." The system was installed and will be supported by San Diego-based GuardianCam Inc. According to company representative Daniel Carr, parents receive a password that will allow them to log on as many times as they want during the day for up to five minutes each time. In addition, Carr said parents will be given additional log-on passwords, so relatives can view the childrens' activities. "In one of the schools there is a child that waves to the camera at 12:30 every day," Carr said. "He has grandparents in Spain who log on to watch him." Though the images of the four rooms at the day care are broadcast over the Internet, Carr said the security system used by GuardianCam is such that it will only allow those with log-in names and passwords to observe. When parents are given passwords, Carr said their identity is verified with Tomorrow Montessori School. Director Noll said the new system will cost the center $10 a month for each one of the school's 80 students. The preschool will absorb the cost. Noll also said as far as she knows, Cisco Systems' daycare for employees in Milpitas is the only other center with a similar system in town. Carr said his company operates in 75 day care centers and preschools in 17 states. He said the system has been available for three years to preschool directors. "We went from a touchy-feely program to a marketing approach that actually helps increase enrollment," Carr said. Sophia Jai, whose child is enrolled at Tomorrow Montessori School, had the opportunity to observe her child over the Web through the GuardianCam System. She said she plans to log on twice daily — once in the morning and once in the afternoon. She said work did not allow her husband to see his child during the day previously. Now he can visit online. "It's convenient to have this," she said. |
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