Christian Family Refuses
Mandatory RFID Chip at Texas School
Heather Fazio on InfoWars Nightly News about
Spychips in San Antonio Schools:
Big Brother : San Antonio Texas Middle School
to track kids with RFID Chip (May 24, 2012):
Northside I.S.D. Launches New Way To Track Students;
The Alleged Benefits of RFID Tags
on Schoolchildren Makes No Reference
to Those Opposed:
Published on May 24, 2012
Tracking every student's move. Northside I.S.D. is rolling out new technology that does just that.At school, it can be hard to keep track of everyone. "I'm always worried about my daughter being at school," said Ernest Castro, a parent. "I check on my kids everytime I come in, it's like once a week I come in to check on the attendance," said Gina Lopez, another parent. For lopez, knowing her kids are in class at Northside's John Jay High School is about to get easier. The school is launching a pilot program to track students through a chip in their student I.D. cards. "That's a wonderful idea for them to do that," said Lopez.Right now, if you are not physically sitting in a desk, you're marked absent. So if your in the clinic visiting the nurse, or you're in the hallway or even in the front office, it doesn't count. The new program would change that. "If we increase our attendance rate by just 1%, that's an additional $4.5 million dollars," said Pascual Gonzalez, Northside I.S.D. spokesman. The chips in the I.D. cards would be tracked through radio frequency identification or "R.F.I.D." District leaders say they would also use them for emergencies. "If we need to find an individual child that we can not find at the school, we can search for the child through the rfid and identify where the child is. She might be hiding in a stairwell for all we know," said Gonzalez."You never know when a disaster is going to happen and to know where your child is at least you have that card to know where your kids at all times," said Michelle Esquivel, a parent. Parents we talked to say they are not concerned about the so-called big brother system. "If it's the safety of my child, then that's more important," said Castro.The tracking only works within the walls of the school. For this mom, that's enough. "I know that when I'm at work I have a peace of mind knowing they are in school and not worrying about calling all the time," said Lopez. The program will also launch at Jones Middle School and for special needs students on their buses. It costs the district $525,000 dollars, but they expect to gain $2 million back from better attendance.
