news.yahoo.com — The Hope Elementary School District, beginning this month, will require fingerprint ID for elementary students before buying cafeteria food. "It raises sanitary issues, privacy issues ? it is kind of Orwellian," says parent, "It just sounds kind of creepy."
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liquidpenguinNov 4, 2006
I'm not sure how this raises sanitary issues at an elementary school. So 200 kids press their thumbs to a single pad each day. How is this different than those same 200 kids putting their hands on the door handle to the restroom or classroom door? Hell, I've got a six year old and they all sit on the gym floor every day and half of them are covered almost black with dirt. However, that's besides the point. Didn't a school somewhere on the west coast try to do fingerprinting of all students prior to entry? They were trying to prevent unauthorized students from entering the campus. I believe this went to court and the court found this violated child privacy laws. Not sure if this would apply in the same manner to what this school is doing though.