$18,000 System Approved to Protect Students

The school district of Spring, Texas recently approved an $18,000 system to protect their students. This system includes an identification badge for all students to wear that contains a computerized chip which monitors their every movement. All of the information entered on the chips is then relayed to the police and school administrators. Parents and police are then able to monitor the students every arrival and departure from school. Systems such as these are similar to the ones used in tracing livestock as well as tracing pallets in the retail industry. This system was tremendously expensive, yet "neither teachers nor parents objected," in fact "parents appear to be applauding" stated president of the school board.
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