Texas Schools Students Tracked with Microchip ID Cards

[Jaguar]

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Texas schools punish students who refuse to be tracked with microchips
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“We are simply asking your daughter to wear an ID badge as every other student and adult on the Jay campus is asked to do.”

By asking they actually mean "telling", otherwise why would there be consequences to simply answering a “request” with a “no”.

“I urge you to accept this solution so that your child’s instructional program will not be affected. As we discussed, there will be consequences for refusal to wear an ID card as we begin to move forward with full implementation,” Galindo wrote.

[recaffeination]

The headline made me think they wanted to chip the kids like vets can do for cats and dogs.

When I realized they issued ID and expect students to wear ID on campus...

[SRH78]

Sadly, this doesn't surprise me at all.

[Jaguar]

Changed the title, a little clearer but I could not fit the whole headline in the title space.

Is this is grooming kids to become complaint for future requests to always have your “chip” with you?

[SRH78]

1984, IJS

[recaffeination]

I say let them opt out BUT the consequence is it's illegal for them to possess or use an iPhone or iPad or anything else with a "mark of the beast" microchip with a serial number. The ban will be in effect for the rest of their lives.

Or they can accept the consequences today of refusing to carry the issued ID, such as no free or subsidized school lunch, no library borrowing privileges, no bus, etc. I'm in favor of the voter ID law and theres no conflict with someone being required to have ID to get government benefits ("free stuff") including a "free" education provided by the taxpayers.

[SRH78]

ID is one thing, tracking is something else entirely.

[mamabearCali]

What utter nonsense. Why do they want to track the kids anyway. Are the officials so irresponsible that they cannot keep track of kids without treating them like criminals--if so why are they being permitted to care for children at all. Are the badges kept at the schools. If not--why are they tracking the kids to their houses, what about after school hours? So are they continuing to surveil the students at home too? If the badges are going home I wonder what would happen to the badge if it got caught in a microwave for say 5 seconds.

Outside the privacy concerns if they are not leaving the badges at the school but are instead taking them home. They are going to spend big bucks on this, because a few kids cut class? Oh the horror. A system that can be easily out witted by simply saying "hey billy...give you ten buck to keep this in your bag for class." People want to know why schools fail at education. This is a perfect example of it. A ton of $$ spent on a useless systems that will do less than a roll call system with a network computer. How about we spend that $$ on fabulous math programs, or a kick butt science program.....but nnooooo we have to spend it on a lo-jack for children.

[Heartland Patriot]

ID is one thing, tracking is something else entirely.

An ID should be basic and simple, to show you are who you are supposed to be...not to keep tabs on where you are at.

[redlin67]

I agree it should be a choice, and I am against microchip implants. However, if one of these kids were abducted/kidnapped and this saved their life, wouldn't it be worth it? Just a point to ponder, there are pros and cons to almost everything.

[chasfm11]

People want the quick-fix - it's easier to throw money at a problem by buying gadgets (or adopt "zero-tolerance policies" or install parental control software) than be bothered to either think or actually be responsible for doing something. Bloody silly idea.

Actually, this is all about money. The money is what the school gets from the State for student attendance days. What the tracking ID provides is evidence that the student was actually on campus that day so that the school district gets paid.

Like all stupid. bureaucratic ideas, it has its roots in a simple solution to the problem. Some of the unintended consequences are another matter:
- with the right access to the data, no student is safe from the prying eyes of an administrator. There are no checks and balances on this aspect and given the fact that sex abuse and other things happen within schools, the potential for corruption is significant.
- in order for the student to have the ID on them at school, they also have to take it home. RFID readers are not rocket science. By ordering the students to have them on, the students can be tracked to and from school as well as at home by anyone with the will and a small investment in the right technology. So the consequences of having it go a lot further than even the boundaries of the school campus. There is mitigation - there are bags etc. into which the RFID transmitter can be placed which would shield it being picked up off campus.
I doubt that the school has even mentioned this.

By the way, there are RFID chips in a lot of the new credit cards. Reading them by just being around you isn't difficult either.

[JP171]

I agree it should be a choice, and I am against microchip implants. However, if one of these kids were abducted/kidnapped and this saved their life, wouldn't it be worth it? Just a point to ponder, there are pros and cons to almost everything.

If and I say IF with a very large reservation, the parents of the child choose to MC the child that is their business, when gubberment begins to chip people or use Biometrics or retinal patterns to track people it becomes invasion of privacy and to my way of thinking a violation of the 4th ammendment. the school district may use a bio chip in the ID but not use it as a tracking device(lo jack) to ensure that the child or person is allowed to be in the building. but ya know my CAC card isn't used as a tracking device but as affimative proof of who I am and that I am authorized to be where I am, and that by the US Military. yea so, hmmm maybe George was right, its 1984 folks

[RPB]

Sadly ...
it might be a good idea.
Remembering the twin towers-9/11, perhaps they are thinking ...
The RFID tags make sorting the parts they find easier. Don't want to think about it, but our country isn't as safe as it once was.
Beslan school hostage crisis

capture of over 1,100 people as hostages (including 777 children), ending with the death of over 380 people. Most of the dead were killed when a bomb exploded

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_sch ... age_crisis" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[mamabearCali]

and how pray tell will an id card with a chip identify my remains when it is blown to bits along with the rest of me.

If a parent wants to lo-jack their kids I am fine with that, I am not ok with the gooberment doing it. You get one crazy teacher obsessed with one student and now they not only have access to them in class, but can know where they are just about all the time. Too much $$ and too much potential for abuse.