[DoodleBob]

In corporate America, employees have an ID that they swipe to gain access to buildings. HR can use those swipes to track “return to office” progress. Or, they can use it to dispatch Business Continuity messages in the event of a “Shelter In Place” emergency (eg tornado, active shooter).

If Schools REALLY wanted to “take attendance for safety purposes”, they’d give the kids an ID and have them swipe like adults do.

First they came for the children…

[metmom]

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[metmom]

“The identiMetrics system does not store actual fingerprints but utilizes data solely for identification and attendance tracking within the school environment,” McCall said in her statement.

Sure it doesn't........

[bert]

Tempestuous tepottius

The falderal objection is seriously over hyped garbage. There is nothing wrong with the finger ID system and it does not produce fingerprints that could convict Black criminal students.

ID cards can get lost or stolen or presented absent a person.

I have used such a system to gain entry to the Y gym and swimming pool for years.

[Yo-Yo]

I’m sure the FBI is loving having this database of everybody’s fingerprints for their system.

[Steven Scharf]

Caribou Maine High School at the far Northeast corner of Maine on the Canadian border has an enrollment of 460 students (down from 520, 10 years ago). Everyone in town knows each other. If a kid skips class, their mom/dad will hear about by dinner time.

[Steven Scharf]

I dare say Dennis Hoey of the Portland Press Herald has never ventured to Caribou Maine.

Disclaimer, I have not been to Caribou since a family camping trip in the mid 1970s.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Those of us who grew up and went to school before computer technology, remember that the teacher used to take attendance, and they would count the number of students in the room, and make note of who is absent.

Why does taking attendance need to be done in a high-tech manner.?

Is this a business opportunity to sell these systems to schools?