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Parents Protest School Mandate That Students Wear Radio ID Tags
Posted by BenLurkin
On News/Activism 02/09/2005 8:29:20 PM EST · 152 replies · 1,792+ views
Associated Press ^ | -02-09-05 1927EST | Lisa Leff
SUTTER, Calif. (AP) - The only grade school in this rural town is requiring students to wear radio frequency identification badges that can track their every move. Some parents are outraged, fearing it will rob their children of privacy. The badges introduced at Brittan Elementary School on Jan. 18 rely on the same radio frequency and scanner technology that companies use to track livestock and product inventory. While similar devices are being tested at several schools in Japan so parents can know when their children arrive and leave, Brittan appears to be the first U.S. school district to embrace such...
I don't think it's the privacy of the children most of these parents are concerned about but probably the privacy of the parents as the kids sit out in the car while the parents are some where where they shouldn't be.