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"Tagging" U.S. schoolchildren.(Insider Report)(Brief Article)
Houston's Spring Independent School District "is equipping 28,000 students with ID badges containing computer chips that are read when the students get on and off school buses," reported the November 17 New York Times. "The information is fed automatically by wireless phone to the police and school administrators." Police can monitor children from the time they leave home to their arrival on campus.
"In a variation of the concept, a Phoenix school district in November is starting a project using fingerprint technology to track when and where students get on and oft" buses," continues the Times. "Last year, a charter school in Bufl'alo began automating attendance counts with computerized ID badges--one of the earliest examples of what educators said could become a wider trend."
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Source: HighBeam Research, "Tagging" U.S. schoolchildren.(Insider Report)(Brief Article)