Tag: database
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In 2023, a parent tried to tell a summer camp that their child wouldn’t be riding the bus home. The message—polite, brief—was sent via text. Not to the camp office. Not to the transportation director. But to the seasonal bus counselor. A 19-year-old with a cracked iPhone and spotty LTE coverage, who wouldn’t see the…
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In 2009, a teenager could take a photo on their phone, upload it to Facebook, and within seconds, the platform would ask, “Is this Sarah?” Facial recognition had arrived. That same year, at summer camps across the country, counselors were still printing attendance sheets from Excel and using whiteboards to track bunk assignments. The gulf…
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In the summer of 2025, a quiet but important conversation took place at the kitchen table of the Morales family in Scarsdale, New York. It was June, the school year had just ended, and their son, Leo—a bright, restless nine-year-old—was packing his bag for camp. His mother, Angela, was folding socks when she paused. “Should…
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Intra-camp office information distribution In the early 1990s, if you wanted to make sure someone had a document, you printed it, walked across the room, and handed it to them. If you were really cutting-edge, maybe you faxed it. It was clunky, sure. But it was dependable. Now fast-forward to 2025. At many summer camps,…