Texas Schools Using Electronic Chips To Track Students; Parents In Uproar

An anonymous reader writes "Two Schools in San Antonio are using electronic chips to help administrators count and track students' whereabouts. Students at Anson Jones Middle School and John Jay High School are now required to wear ID cards using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology embedded with electronic chips in an effort to daily attendance records. The article said the Northside Independent School District receives about $30 per day in state funding for each student reporting."

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Here's the best bit in the article right here;

[Darth Snowshoe]

Steve Hernandez, whose daughter is a sophomore, objects to the tags, saying they are similar to the "mark of the beast."

"My daughter should not have to compromise (her) religion just because Northside Independent School District wants to get paid," Hernandez said.

Re:suck it kids

[Anonymous Coward]

Let's see here... You don't use capitalization and make use of sentence fragments. Sure, I'll believe that your teachers didn't care!

Hey John, hold this for me

[Anonymous Coward]

Kids will never think of having a friend hold their card while they go off to do whatever it is kids do nowdays.

Re:Do what with daily records?

[hendridm]

I think somebody accidentally a word.

Re:suck it kids

[Anonymous Coward]

Capitals are the oppressors of the lower case. The lOWER cASE has as much rights as the Capital Case.

What his teachers tought him is that all are characters are equal! What you are trying to say is that some characters are more equal than others. Shame on you.

Re:Microwaves are fun.

[fizzer06]

That Jimmy is a bad mutha . . .

Hush yo mouf!

I jus talkin bout Jimmy

Re:Microwaves are fun.

[Rhinobird]

I'm not sure I like Jimmy.