Iris Scanning For New Jersey Grade School

[AGENDA21]

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When a parent arrives to pick up their child at one of three grade schools in the Freehold Borough School District, they'll need to look into a camera that will take a digital image of their iris. That photo will establish positive identification to gain entrance into the school.

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"The idea is to improve school safety for the children," said Phil Meara, superintendent, Freehold Borough School District, on Monday. "We had a swipe-card system that operated the doors, but the technology was obsolete."

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Parents who have children that attend any of the three schools in the district, teachers who instruct students attending classes at the locations, and staff employees are assigned access rights. Each child can have up to four adults approved in the system.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060124/tc_cmp/177103003

[ProdigalJunkMail]

1. on the one hand...cool

on the other...a little spooky...

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[villager]

2. "Parents with approved thoughts will be allowed contact...

...with their children..."

[daleanime]

3. Would some of the money...

be better spend on helping the kids learn?

[Book Lover]

4. It's kinda nice that people have such faith in tech, but I have found

biometrics to not work very well in the day-to-day. My laptop takes more than several swipes before recognizing my fingerprint, and when testing an iris scanner a friend of mine had set up in her lab, it got confused between my eye with and without my contacts. Nice idea, but maybe too much faith in tech.

[ticapnews]

5. This wouldn't have worked for me...

When I was in grade school I would have needed my parents, both sets of grandparents, an uncle and a couple of neighbors scanned into their little system.

[derby378]

6. Big Government strikes again

Millions for security, pennies for education. Welcome to the world of King George.

[Marnieworld]

7. I guess this is about child safety

to deal with the major rash of children being abducted straight out of school. :eyes: Who has access to the database is my question?

[ucmike]

8. more fear mongering.

YOUR KIDS ARE UNDER CONSTANT THREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
luckily, some security minded corporation has sold us a solution and gotten some govt hacks to give us funding for it.

[MadHound]

9. Gee, this sounds like a cash cow for somebody

And another chance to soak the taxpayers, all in the name of "the children" I'm sorry, but this is a waste of money. I realize that schools have gotten larger these days, and that the administrative staff can't know each parent on an individual basis, though they should, but damn. A swipe card system isn't enough?

This hyperization of security is absolutely appalling. It overprotects the children, probably to the point of detriment to their long term development, and it is intrusive as hell. Besides, what the hell are these schools going to do when the power goes out, or the computer crashes?

This is utterly ridiculous, and a waste of good money that could be spent *gasp* educating out children. :banghead:

[hiley]

10. insane

:eyes:
more fear mongering TERROR TERROR TERROR OH MY TERROR

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[politicat]

11. And when was the last child abducted by some random stranger from

school? Or did I miss that memo?

Reminder, people.... most children who are abducted are taken by the non-custodial parent and the reason they aren't found is because they're happy to be with the parent who took them, or at least happy enough.

It's not likely to help much - especially if custodial parent forgets that noncustodial parent is listed as a contact for child.

[hiley]

12. it is just another form of control

and the sheeple fall for it!