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<blockquote data-quote="d20fool" data-source="post: 2045196" data-attributes="member: 5956"><p><strong>Your Damn Skippy!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thank you! I am a teacher at a school that uses ID badges, but not ones this advanced. We do have bar codes on them for lunch and library checkout, and that is their primary use. </p><p></p><p>Having said that, this in not Animal Farm people. This is an elementary school, these kids are not "tagged like animals". That is just ridiculous. I would welcome technology that would help us locate students quickly. We have to worry about any number of problems dealing with children, such as children that habitually run away (We had one that stole a bike and took off), get on the wrong bus (one young man lied to a driver and got on the wrong bus, his mother blamed the district, not him), hide out in classrooms and bathrooms after hours (one girl hid in a classroom so she could eat a bag of candy she stole from a teacher), and so on. We need to know where these little guys are. They would be very welcome at the high school, where student might just get up in the middle of a class and leave or go that whats-his-name's across the street for a smoke (or worse.) There are innocent times too, like the kid that goes to his speech therapist without telling his substitute teacher (who doesn't know he usually goes at that time) and they need to find him. We've had that happen too.</p><p></p><p>Finally, there is the fear of abduction. EVERY YEAR I am warned about non-custodial parents that might show up to take a child. Thanks to our IDs, I can spot an adult that hasn't gone to the office right away, direct him where to go and call the office immediately to let them know we have someone in the building. Three years ago we had a bomb threat that evacuated our building all day, and we take security seriously. </p><p></p><p>You child does not have any rights violated by wearing such a badge. Further, the benefit is great and adds to your child's security. Let's stop with the knee-jerk overreactions to what is frankly a good thing.</p><p></p><p>John "d20fool" McCarty</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="d20fool, post: 2045196, member: 5956"] [b]Your Damn Skippy![/b] Thank you! I am a teacher at a school that uses ID badges, but not ones this advanced. We do have bar codes on them for lunch and library checkout, and that is their primary use. Having said that, this in not Animal Farm people. This is an elementary school, these kids are not "tagged like animals". That is just ridiculous. I would welcome technology that would help us locate students quickly. We have to worry about any number of problems dealing with children, such as children that habitually run away (We had one that stole a bike and took off), get on the wrong bus (one young man lied to a driver and got on the wrong bus, his mother blamed the district, not him), hide out in classrooms and bathrooms after hours (one girl hid in a classroom so she could eat a bag of candy she stole from a teacher), and so on. We need to know where these little guys are. They would be very welcome at the high school, where student might just get up in the middle of a class and leave or go that whats-his-name's across the street for a smoke (or worse.) There are innocent times too, like the kid that goes to his speech therapist without telling his substitute teacher (who doesn't know he usually goes at that time) and they need to find him. We've had that happen too. Finally, there is the fear of abduction. EVERY YEAR I am warned about non-custodial parents that might show up to take a child. Thanks to our IDs, I can spot an adult that hasn't gone to the office right away, direct him where to go and call the office immediately to let them know we have someone in the building. Three years ago we had a bomb threat that evacuated our building all day, and we take security seriously. You child does not have any rights violated by wearing such a badge. Further, the benefit is great and adds to your child's security. Let's stop with the knee-jerk overreactions to what is frankly a good thing. John "d20fool" McCarty [/QUOTE]
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