BIOMETRIC FINGERPRINT SCANNING at my kids school!

Today i got a newsletter from my kids school..Heres what it says:

Dear Parents, Beginning February 11, we will be initiating a new method of student identification with the breakfast and lunch program.

At the beginning of this school year a BIO METRIC identification system was installed in the JR/SR High. This method of idetifying students and staff has worked very well, and now we will be installing it in the elemetary school.

BIO METRIC works by reading a fingerprint, then turns the fingerprint into a number. The process of turning the print into a number makes it virtually impossible to copy or access the print by any means.

We plan on starting the scanning process to put the prints into our system on February 6. If you have any questions how tyhe scanning will be done, please contact me. Thankyou Sharri Shivly.

If this isnt crazy i dont know what is? No its not the Mark..But it does not sit well with me..I dont call my pastor over shrivolous stuff, but tonight i called him . He was pretty suprised and reassured me it was not the mark, but we are getting closer and closer..he said its probably to protect the kids..etc..

Yeah, i know..But now my kids will be in BIG BROTHERS DATA Bank! I didnt say that! He said i could definitely go ask questions, and its my decison what to do, and also if he thought it was going to hurt the kids he would be the first one down at the school..
Am i freaking out or what>>

I am not a doomer gloomer...But i live in a small town..This is a smaller school..What does everyone think? Can you give me some advice? Thanks,Summer!!

[Cindy]

I guess you need to find out if it is mandatory or if you can refuse to let your child/children be put into this new system.

[Rev]

Originally Posted by SummerRain

Today i got a newsletter from my kids school..Heres what it says:

Dear Parents, Beginning February 11, we will be initiating a new method of student identification with the breakfast and lunch program.

At the beginning of this school year a BIO METRIC identification system was installed in the JR/SR High. This method of idetifying students and staff has worked very well, and now we will be installing it in the elemetary school.

BIO METRIC works by reading a fingerprint, then turns the fingerprint into a number. The process of turning the print into a number makes it virtually impossible to copy or access the print by any means.

We plan on starting the scanning process to put the prints into our system on February 6. If you have any questions how tyhe scanning will be done, please contact me. Thankyou Sharri Shivly.

If this isnt crazy i dont know what is? No its not the Mark..But it does not sit well with me..I dont call my pastor over shrivolous stuff, but tonight i called him . He was pretty suprised and reassured me it was not the mark, but we are getting closer and closer..he said its probably to protect the kids..etc..

Yeah, i know..But now my kids will be in BIG BROTHERS DATA Bank! I didnt say that! He said i could definitely go ask questions, and its my decison what to do, and also if he thought it was going to hurt the kids he would be the first one down at the school..
Am i freaking out or what>>

I am not a doomer gloomer...But i live in a small town..This is a smaller school..What does everyone think? Can you give me some advice? Thanks,Summer!!

I think you are right to be concerned. They don't need that especially in a small town. If there are other church people's kids involved I would get everyone together with the pastor and go talk to the Sup. of the school.

I think a Christian school is the best option, then home schooling.

But see what others on here think.

[HeavenlyOne]

Fingerprinting is the way to go. I have to be fingerprinted to even work as a nurse.

I'm ok with it. What's the harm?

[OP_Carl]

What you're seeing may very well be some of the unintended consequences of the Patriot Act. There was so much money being flung around early on in the name of homeland security, and some rural communities ended up with hundreds of thousands of dollars budgeted, with the requirement that the money be spent on homeland-security-related things.

Some of it made sense, like fences around public reservoirs, and some of ended up being just downright silly. Places that would make Mayberry look like metropolis were faced with the choice of spend it or lose it, so they spent the money on things that at best are completely incongruous with the true threat level that their jurisdiction faces, and at worst will never be used. Things like SWAT vehicles, bomb disposal gear, hovercraft, and, yep, you guessed it, extra security systems.

Or, I could be completely off base and your area is, unbeknownst to you, swarmed with sex offenders, fourth-grade mafia, or quarreling ex-wives and ex-husbands that have been deemed high risk for absconding with their own children in violation of the court's custody rulings.

Welcome to AFF by the way.

And, umm, we home school, so the only fingerprint problems we experience is with peanut butter fingerprints on the school papers!

I love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!

Now that's something worth mentioning on our Midweek Bible study tonight as we are in the midst of "The Knowing Bible Prophecy Month" in our church.

They have this system at the Day Care where my grandchild goes. You can not get in the door with out putting your hand in the scanner. When my finger prints and code number match then the door will unlock.

[tamor]

Originally Posted by pastorswife

They have this system at the Day Care where my grandchild goes. You can not get in the door with out putting your hand in the scanner. When my finger prints and code number match then the door will unlock.

This is the way I clock in and out at work. I type in the last four digits of my social security number and then slide my hand in a scanner. I have to admit, I have those "big brother" and "mark of the beast" feelings when I slide my hand through there, but I know that it's not - it's just another step in that direction.

[JamDat]

Originally Posted by pastorswife

They have this system at the Day Care where my grandchild goes. You can not get in the door with out putting your hand in the scanner. When my finger prints and code number match then the door will unlock.

If have to put your whole hand into it then it's a hand scanner and does not scan or even read your finger prints.

What it does is measures your hand. I've installed these things and there is really no harm in it. In fact next time use your left hand, but you have to flip it over. Your left and right hand are the same size on most people. If it works then you know that they don't have your prints.

[HeavenlyOne]

To get narcotics, I can't get into the med cart without a fingerprint and password.