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Per the article, the school's motivation in adding an RFID tracker was to have more accurate reporting on daily attendance (leading to more federal funding). Ho

by param 14y ago

Per the article, the school's motivation in adding an RFID tracker was to have more accurate reporting on daily attendance (leading to more federal funding). However, in an attempt to accommodate the student, the school district offered her the choice of wearing a non-RFID badge. I wonder how the school was going to detect her presence without the tag. If they were able to, then they shouldn't do RFID for _anyone_. If they are NOT able to(which I would think is likely), then why ask her to wear the plain badge without RFID? They should have just offered her an exception to make the the whole case go away!

DigitalSea 14y ago
The identification would be a security measure I am guessing. I went to a public school here in Australia that required you to wear an ID card on a lanyard, there wasn't an RFID chip in it and I didn't see a problem with it. Many jobs I've had have required me to wear an ID card around my neck as well, this girl and her family are just nuts.
caf 14y ago
It seems to me that the system enables more accurate reporting on daily attendance of ID badges.
- gizmo686 14y ago
  So? If a student does not have their badge, the teacher just marks them present by hand. If a bandge does not have its student, the system marks that student present automaticly. Either way, the school gets payed.
  - caf 14y ago
    I thought this could go unstated, but presumably the intention is to encourage the attendance of students, not badges.
    - tomjen3 14y ago
      No. That is undeniably the original intent behind the federal law. The school, however, institutet that requirement because they want more money; they might care about student attendence, but that is only a secondary concern.
rprasad 14y ago
The point was that it was not reasonable for the school to go beyond letting her use an ID badge (which based on prior reports was the previous means of tracking students). The purpose of the RFID system was to improve their student tracking, which would improve the school's funding situation. And why should they have offered her an exception? Giving in to silly demands like this girl's (refusing the badge, not the RFID tracker) would subject the school to infinitely more silly demands, all couched in "religious beliefs."

by param 14y ago

DigitalSea 14y ago

The identification would be a security measure I am guessing. I went to a public school here in Australia that required you to wear an ID card on a lanyard, there wasn't an RFID chip in it and I didn't see a problem with it. Many jobs I've had have required me to wear an ID card around my neck as well, this girl and her family are just nuts.

caf 14y ago

It seems to me that the system enables more accurate reporting on daily attendance of ID badges.

gizmo686 14y ago
So? If a student does not have their badge, the teacher just marks them present by hand. If a bandge does not have its student, the system marks that student present automaticly. Either way, the school gets payed.
- caf 14y ago
  I thought this could go unstated, but presumably the intention is to encourage the attendance of students, not badges.
  - tomjen3 14y ago
    No. That is undeniably the original intent behind the federal law. The school, however, institutet that requirement because they want more money; they might care about student attendence, but that is only a secondary concern.

rprasad 14y ago

The point was that it was not reasonable for the school to go beyond letting her use an ID badge (which based on prior reports was the previous means of tracking students). The purpose of the RFID system was to improve their student tracking, which would improve the school's funding situation. And why should they have offered her an exception? Giving in to silly demands like this girl's (refusing the badge, not the RFID tracker) would subject the school to infinitely more silly demands, all couched in "religious beliefs."