Kecibukia
17-02-2005, 23:44
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,147866,00.html
and for the FOXophobes:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/02/17/tracking.students.ap/index.html
SUTTER, Calif. ? A grade school that required students to wear radio frequency identification badges that can track their every move has ended the program because the company that developed the technology pulled out.
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The badges, developed by Sutter-based technology company InCom Corp., were introduced Jan. 18. The school board was set to talk about the policy Tuesday night but tabled the discussion after InCom announced it was terminating its agreement.
School district lawyer Paul Nicholas Boylan said InCom cited the intense media attention and concern the badges were being damaged by families opposed to them. ?They can go someplace where they wouldn?t have any risk of vandalism,? he said.
And Mr. clueless principle who instituted the program W/O cunsulting parents replies""I?m disappointed. That?s about all I can say at this point,? Earnie Graham, the superintendent and principal of Brittan Elementary School (search) in Sutter, said Tuesday night. ?I think I let my staff down. Nobody on this campus knows every student."
and for the FOXophobes:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/02/17/tracking.students.ap/index.html
SUTTER, Calif. ? A grade school that required students to wear radio frequency identification badges that can track their every move has ended the program because the company that developed the technology pulled out.
...
The badges, developed by Sutter-based technology company InCom Corp., were introduced Jan. 18. The school board was set to talk about the policy Tuesday night but tabled the discussion after InCom announced it was terminating its agreement.
School district lawyer Paul Nicholas Boylan said InCom cited the intense media attention and concern the badges were being damaged by families opposed to them. ?They can go someplace where they wouldn?t have any risk of vandalism,? he said.
And Mr. clueless principle who instituted the program W/O cunsulting parents replies""I?m disappointed. That?s about all I can say at this point,? Earnie Graham, the superintendent and principal of Brittan Elementary School (search) in Sutter, said Tuesday night. ?I think I let my staff down. Nobody on this campus knows every student."