Re: Student tracking in California
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 <br /><br /><br />(02-16) 12:09 PST Sutter, Calif. (AP) --<br /><br /><br />The 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.<br /><br /><br />"I'm disappointed; that's about all I can say at this point," Earnie Graham, the superintendent and principal of Brittan Elementary School in Sutter, said Tuesday night. "I think I let my staff down. Nobody on this campus knows every student."<br /><br /><br />The badges, developed by Sutter-based technology company InCom Corp., were introduced on Jan. 18. The school board was set to talk about the controversial policy Tuesday night but tabled the discussion after InCom announced it was terminating its agreement.<br /><br /><br />"I'm not convinced it's over," parent Dawn Cantrall, who filed a complaint with the American Civil Liberties Union, told the (Marysville) Appeal-Democrat. "I'm happy for now that kids are not being tagged, but I'm still fighting to keep it out of our school system. It has to stop here."<br /><br /><br />The system was imposed, without parental input, by the school as a way to simplify attendance-taking and potentially reduce vandalism and improve student safety.
<br /><br />Ken
