SPRING 2025 | 11 Schooled in Safety Peter Luba ’22 co-founded SmartPass, a digital hall pass system used to help manage student movement and increase school safety. As a young man recently named to the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 Education list, Peter Luba ’22 has reached professional success quickly, yet he didn’t follow a conventional, thought-out plan to achieve it. Luba feels that the lack of a specific plan has been a strength as he and a high school friend built an app called SmartPass, which now helps thousands of schools manage student movement and increase student accountability and safety. To Luba, SmartPass was one concept created in response to voids he saw. “We never intended to build out a business,” says Luba about himself and his co-founder Dhruv Sringari. “SmartPass was a side project. It was just fun.” But build a business, they did. SmartPass is used in more than 3,800 schools—mostly middle and high schools—across 50 states. The list includes schools in the Lehigh Valley, such as Broughal Middle School in South Bethlehem. Lehigh is the lead partner with Broughal in the Community Schools initiative in partnership with the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley. Through the program, Lehigh’s Community Service Office helps provide support to students, including tutoring, mentoring and social services. In December, SmartPass was acquired by Raptor Technologies, a worldwide leader in school safety software solutions. Raptor story by JODI DUCKETT photography by CHRISTA NEU
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