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Student Refusing RFID Badge Now Fights Expulsion Order

Posted by Soulskill on from the had-me-until-mark-of-the-beast dept.

BeatTheChip writes "Lawyers representing Andrea Hernandez, a science and engineering student at John Jay High School, are fighting an expulsion notice issued a week ago for refusing to wear a Smart ID badge. To represent her, lawyers filed a preliminary court injunction, seeking legal restraints on the school. She maintains stance of refusal to wear any badge containing an RFID tag for reasons of basic privacy and conflicts with her belief system. The controversial decision for her school to adopt the NFC badges is part of the Student Locator Project, tracking attendance. Local schools started issuing the lanyard badges this fall despite parental outcry at NISD school board meetings."

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  1. Put badge in microwave for 10 seconds. by feepness · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wear it all day long.

    1. Re:Put badge in microwave for 10 seconds. by kf6auf · · Score: 5, Informative

      Actually, the school offerred to give her one without a chip or battery. She still refused so I'm guessing she wouldn't be satisfied with the microwave trick.

    2. Re:Put badge in microwave for 10 seconds. by TubeSteak · · Score: 5, Informative

      Read the letter linked from infowars:
      http://static.infowars.com/2012/11/i/general/Hernandez_RFID-ID-john_jay_letter.jpg

      "In the event that you change your stance on wearing the ID with the battery and chip removed as has been offered to you on two occasions, we will be more than willing to rescind this withdrawal notice."

      That seems reasonable, except for the fact that she was also told her original pre-RFID card would be valid for all 4 years she was enrolled at the school.

      Everything aside, the zero tolerance policies that most school administrators (officially or unofficially) adopt is an injustice all its own.

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    3. Re:Put badge in microwave for 10 seconds. by Spamalope · · Score: 5, Informative

      Read the letter linked from infowars:

      "In the event that you change your stance on wearing the ID with the battery and chip removed as has been offered to you on two occasions, we will be more than willing to rescind this withdrawal notice."

      "In response to public outcry and pressure from rights groups, the school has offered to remove the battery and chip, but wouldn’t budge on mandating the ID. Their offer would also require the Hernandez family to end their criticism and agree to comply with and even tout the policy,"

      On the condition that her and her father say the sh*t sandwich tastes great and everyone should try some. It seems you left the most important part out.

    4. Re:Put badge in microwave for 10 seconds. by Electricity+Likes+Me · · Score: 5, Informative

      Why not skip school and have a friend carry her ID around... is that so hard for teachers to actually take attendance? Social problems CANNOT be solved with technology solutions... such as voting machines.

      Which is what's going to happen. Wasn't this tried and immediately the kids had a system where one kid would swipe your card for you for $5?

    5. Re:Put badge in microwave for 10 seconds. by Fished · · Score: 5, Informative

      The school added lots of requirements to that, including that she visibly display the badge to show people that she had been brought into line, and that her parents publicly support the badge program.

      Talk about Gestapo tactics ...

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  2. Re:RTFA by silviuc · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wearing a badge was actually required for high-school students in my country 20 years ago when we had a communist party ruling the country. It's funny how American democracy looks more and more like the "democracy" the communist party was preaching back then.

  3. Re:RTFA by thereitis · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Due to her persistent refusal, the school’s administration finally offered Andrea a deal; she would comply with the project by wearing a program badge with the chip removed."

    But it's not quite that simple:

    “[A]s part of the accommodation my daughter and I would have to agree to stop criticizing the program and publicly support it. I told [the Deputy Superintendent] that was unacceptable because it would imply an endorsement of the district’s policy and my daughter and I should not have to give up our constitutional rights to speak out against a program that we feel is wrong.”