Would You Want Your Children To Go to This School? Is This Educating Acceptane of a Police State?

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-10-09-school-security_x.htm

Each morning, the 16,000 students in the Spring Independent School District in suburban Houston swipe their ID tags as they climb onto the school bus. A radio frequency tag tracks them, as it does when they arrive at school and as they leave the building.

Nearly 1,000 cameras watch them all day. Those who dont take the bus are kept inside a "secure vestibule," a bulletproof glass room, until they're checked out.

Raptor Technologies, the Houston firm that sells the tracking system that Spring uses was born from the collapse of Enron. The firm had built a Web-based system to track visitors at the Houston energy company, but when Enron, amid financial scandal, went belly-up in 2002, the technology was adapted.

They're now in 2,020 schools in 212 districts. More schools may get the technology soon; the U.S. Justice Department recently chose Raptor as a pilot program for schools nationwide.

"SHIRAZ" Your comment is typical "double-speak" and a great example of it too.

"there is nothing wrong with this. NYC public schools are tighter. this is the result of liberal influence and cooperation i the decline of society"

We need rational thoughts from you,...c'mon lets hear some itelligence.

Answer 1

and whats wrong with it? Do you not want your kids to be safe. When I put my kids on a bus to go to school for the day I would expect them to be protected from harm. Im willing to give up some so called freedoms to insure my kid isnt gunned down senselessly by some nut ball. Maybe Im communist whatever you think but we are in dangerous times with too many bad people. Yea, I know "1982" ohwell. what about the handicapped girl that was gang rapped and beaten in the gym? this would have stopped that dont you think?

I bet youd be the first person to sue the school if you kid was killed for not protecting them.

Answer 2

I hope they pick out the best athletes for special training to be Olympians. Hey, if some kid does get killed, assaulted, or kidnapped does the school get its money back?

Answer 3

I don't know which scares me more. That the technology is being used or that there is the perceived need for it.

Answer 4

The U.S. has one of two choices, either tighten security for Americans or kill all terrorist. which should we choose? and its just that simple. I like the second choice.

Answer 5

Wow, that is pretty scary. Just say no to RFID!