Freehold county in New Jersey has announced that for 'safety', parents of schools attending 3 public elementary schools will have so submit to an iris scan to enter the school.
"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. ... 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."
Does anyone else find this creepy? Is an iris scan really necessary to secure a school from unwanted visitors? Furthermore, why are my tax dollars being spent on this sort of thing?
"Funding for the project, more than $369,000, was made possibly by a school safety grant through the National Institute of Justice, a research branch of the U.S. Department of Justice. '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.'
Are locks obsolete technology? Thats over a third of a million dollars of my taxpayer dollars for a useless and creepy project.
2 comments:
Since Dems are so "care-free" and "privacy orientated" why is a heavily Democratic State scanning the iris's of children so they can just ATTEND SCHOOL?
Perhaps libs are bit less "liberal" and a bit more "authortative" than you might think. Why are liberals the ones that introduced the Nanny State in Britian?
Not to mention, political leaders always clamour that "we need more money for education." But where is the money spent, on this?
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