Tracking Devices in Student ID

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/texas-school-district-rep_n_1949415.html

Schools are requiring tracking devices to be worn around student's necks and are threatening to take away privileges if they don't wear them. They are doing it to track attendance records, but students say it is both a violation of their religious freedom and privacy.

What say you?

We just did several scenarios similar to this last night. Students are only awarded a reasonable right to privacy within a school. The school has the right to implement things like dress codes and other control measures without it being against a student's constitutional rights.

Are these students or convicts we are talking about?  

I got through school just fine without a tracking device-as I'm sure most of us did, so I say no. I think you should be able to opt out with a parent's signature, penalty free, if they must have the tracking cards at all.

It's not the school's business where my child is at all times, it's my business.

And also, ooooh, can't vote for homecoming. Big f'ing deal.

Quoting Dr. Paradigm Shift:" I got through school just fine without a tracking device-as I'm sure most of us did, so I say no. I think ... [snip!] ... they must have the tracking cards at all. It's not the school's business where my child is at all times, it's my business. "

Seriously! When did it become okay to put tracking devices on students?

Quoting Dr. Paradigm Shift:" I got through school just fine without a tracking device-as I'm sure most of us did, so I say no. I think ... [snip!] ... they must have the tracking cards at all. It's not the school's business where my child is at all times, it's my business. "

I wouldn't even do it to my own child.

To me, it sets them up for bigger problems when they become adults. They will think it is okay and completely normal to have a tracking device. What if the government wants to start putting them in driver's licenses? If you get indoctrinated in school to think it's okay, there will be no one to fight it if/when it comes down to it later on.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Wiggity Wack:</b>" Seriously! When did it become okay to put tracking devices on students?"</blockquote>




Yeah cause wouldn't they be able to know where they're at a lot f other times? At home if they have their I'd card on them? Places also offer discounts for student ids so they'd be able to track them anywhere after school too. :s I would pull my kid out of a school that's trying to do that real quick.

I'd pull my kid out of that school in a heartbeat! That's smurfing ridiculous. Kids are not dogs.

Quoting khigh:" I wouldn't even do it to my own child. To me, it sets them up for bigger problems when they become ... [snip!] ... If you get indoctrinated in school to think it's okay, there will be no one to fight it if/when it comes down to it later on."

"WND reports that the district has threatened to suspend, fine or involuntarily transfer students who fail to comply and officials have noted that "there will be consequences for refusal to wear an ID card as we begin to move forward with full implementation."

The world is becoming a scary dystopian novel and I fear for my son.  

Quoting khigh:" I wouldn't even do it to my own child. To me, it sets them up for bigger problems when they become ... [snip!] ... If you get indoctrinated in school to think it's okay, there will be no one to fight it if/when it comes down to it later on."

I wouldn't put one on my kid, either. Especially since my kid's school is entirely gated, The doors are locked when the bell rings, and one must go through the office to even get into the main courtyard.
If my kid is there, he's not getting out, most likely. So it's unnecessary. If my kid isn't there, it's not really so much their business where he is, providing I've called the school, whatever. Sure, if he had excessive absences, we'd chat about their concerns, and obviously skipping school would be a big deal to me---but I think I can deal with it without a tracking device.

The ONLY way I'd put a tracker on my kid, is if I were the one doing the tracking, and only if he had been sneaking out at night repeatedly, doing drugs, and all other options had been exhausted.

Quoting Wiggity Wack:" "WND reports that the district has threatened to suspend, fine or involuntarily transfer students who ... [snip!] ... begin to move forward with full implementation." The world is becoming a scary dystopian novel and I fear for my son.  "

I just finished rereading the Hunger Games, 1984, and Agenda 21. I'm getting a little more paranoid by the day!

Quoting Ciara♥:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Wiggity Wack:</b>" Seriously! When did it become okay to put ... [snip!] ... be able to track them anywhere after school too. :s I would pull my kid out of a school that's trying to do that real quick."

Exactly, what's to stop them from using the tracking devices in other unspecified ways?
I wouldn't put it past them. These schools obviously have no problem violating their students' privacy to boost funding. What's next?
Whatever happened to the sign in sheet or teachers taking attendance?

Quoting khigh:" I just finished rereading the Hunger Games, 1984, and Agenda 21. I'm getting a little more paranoid by the day!"

I just finished reading Delirium by Lauren Oliver and Divergent by Veronica Roth.
I'm also becoming a little distrustful.

Terrible! Especially since it's just about getting money.
The district should be ashamed of itself and the parents in this school and all others tageted should refuse to cooperate.
Fix truancy a different way.