[Cagey]

$700,000! When will this madness end?

And, only 10 kids opted out? It's 1984 all over again.

[longtermmemmory]

this is great! with a bag of gummy bears you will be able to fake other peoples prints and have unlimited access to the meal line. The absense of a papertrail means you can't convict unless you actually catch someone in the act.

[Lady Eileen]

bump ...thanks for the post.

[freeeee]

Board President Linda Omobien said she thinks the system ``has a lot of exciting possibilities.''

I bet she does.

She likes how the system could help remove the stigma of free and reduced lunches because all students would go through the same process. Students paying full price do not currently have to pay with tickets, while those getting free and reduced lunches do.

The same old cycle continues...

Become dependent upon government, and soon you'll have to give up some freedom, some privacy, some rights in return.

In this case, its trading your fingerprints for a sandwich.

In other cases, its trading your right to decide whether you wear a helmet in exchange for socialized medical care.

This is nothing but a ploy to desensetise kids into giving up their biometric information on demand. It's fitting they chose food as their method of conditioning. It's straight from the theory of Pavlov's dog.

[KarlInOhio]

Board President Linda Omobien said she thinks the system ``has a lot of exciting possibilities.'' She likes how the system could help remove the stigma of free and reduced lunches because all students would go through the same process. Students paying full price do not currently have to pay with tickets, while those getting free and reduced lunches do.

At a time when the district is facing state funding cuts, Omobien said she also liked the prospect of increased federal funds brought in by more students being inclined to get free and reduced lunches.The federal government provides extra money to districts for services to poorer students and bases this funding on free and reduced lunches.

``That could generate more dollars than we can imagine,'' she said.

Generate? Generate? Redistribute maybe, but it generates nothing.

What in the world is wrong with a stigma for getting free government food. I've always thought that food stamp purchases at grocery stores should go through a special line with the assistant trainee cashier who loudly announces what is being bought.

[Luna]

``This is what we felt was the best method,'' said Debra Foulk, coordinator of the Akron schools' Child Nutrition Services

Well, as long as you felt it was the best method, then that makes it okay.

[tiamat]

Snort.

My daughter's school uses a "debit" card in their lunch program.The card doubles as their library card, and is scanned just like at the grocery store.

Eliminates need for the kids to carry cash , that they might loose, ( the little kid's cards are kept in a box by the teacher so they don't actually loose the cards) AND it removes any stigma from kids who need a subsidized lunch.

There's no need for this fingerprint stuff.

Tia

[Central_Floridian]

No wonder the public education system always needs money.
I think it accustoms students to gross violations of the 4th ammendment.

[tomakaze]

socio-fascistic-neocon-leftist-orwellian-BraveNewWorld bump.

[flutters]

When it comes time to pass a levy, this district will probably whine about not having enough money, threaten to enlarge class size, make kids pay to play sports, cut teacher’s salaries, cut out science programs, etc.

*shaking my head* ...a $700,000.00 fingerprint scanner.