*What a perennial fave. One sees this happen time and time again. The Texas 666-paranoiacs must be asleep at their radio microphones. It'd take 'em all of ten minutes to whip up a populist frenzy over this.
*Then again maybe they've realized that all the kids are carrying iPhones to work, which is pretty much a really big ultra-trackable "SpyChip" with a really nice set of apps.
–Texas School District to Use RFID Chips in Student IDs
(May 25 & 26, 2012)
A school district in San Antonio, Texas, plans to put RFID chips in
student ID cards. A spokesperson for the Northside Independent School
District said, "We want to harness the power of technology to make
schools safer, know where our students are all the time in a school, and
increase revenues." Two Houston school districts have already put
similar programs in place and have increased their revenues, as school
funding in Texas is based in part on attendance numbers. The RFID chips
will reportedly work only while the students are on school property.
Parents' reactions to the proposed plan are varied; some are supportive,
citing safety concerns, while others are wary of the potential invasion
of privacy.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57441651-83/texas-school-district-to-track-kids-through-rfid-tags/
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/article/Students-will-be-tracked-via-chips-in-IDs-3584339.php#ixzz1vsssNfl7
