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Fingerprint is school-lunch ticket: Pine Crest Elementary is testing scanners that eventually could be used in all Seminole schools.

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)

| April 27, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Orlando Sentinel. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Dave Weber

Apr. 27--SANFORD -- Fingers are meal tickets for students zipping through the lunch line at Pine Crest Elementary School in Sanford these days.

Technology that uses fingerprints to tell who is buying lunch is being tested at the school. Early indications are the finger scanners that record a digital image are speeding up cafeteria operations, which is the goal.

If the trial is a success, the scanners could go in schools across the county, doing everything from recording what library books students check out to who is in which room and where kids get off the school bus. Scanners might replace the teacher's attendance book, as well…

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