UK school gets RFID Chips in School Uniforms

[thorleyart]

A UK school gets RFID Chips in School Uniforms

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202601660

I think this is a disgrace, so i sent them an email through their website. The school is Hungerhill School for ages 11-16 in Edenthorpe, England.

Here's their website email page,

http://www.hungerhillschool.com/?page_id=6

Send them an email, here's what i sent.

I hear you are running a pilot to include RFID chips in the clothing of kids, this is absolutely out of order, it's a stage further in a society where everyone is monitored in every single second of their lives, this will be a society where we are treated like criminals and are answerable to the state. Civil liberties will not exist anymore. If you don't want to live in a prison where you are constantly tracked, don't let this happen.. You might say why am I complaining to you, I’m not a pupil of your school and neither are my kids, but once tracking citizens is rolled out in all areas of life, across all of society, it will effect EVERYONE, we need to not allow our freedoms to be completely extinguished like this.

[beetzart]

Well said Thorleyart.

[revelations]

Can you bealive this shit... why do we just stand aside and let the Goverment do exactly what they want with us like the actually own us? Well now they are one step closer to putting that chip under your childrens skin!! :mad:

STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHT'S! Bob Marley

[howie]

This is from Rotherham (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/dietfitness.html?in_article_id=479541&in_page_id=1798)

The trust said a school which introduced a 'locked gate' policy at lunch time had seen a 15 per cent increase in meals take-up

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/4151/critchlow228x342bb6b436tv5.jpg

The School Food Trust was chaired by Suzi Leather, now head of Charities Commission & has connections to Common Purpose (http://thejournal.parker-joseph.co.uk/blog/_archives/2007/11/2/3330302.html)

This is one of their logos
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9307/schoolfoodtrustmillionmvt2.jpg

[blue]

oooopss....the place where i work too has this plan to introduce RFID in schools in the future. :eek::eek:

[citroen999]

hi

here is a post i did earlier this week on the subject of child abduction...

take a look at this school in doncaster using RFID chips on the kids

http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/...-on.3391369.jp

Currently ten pupils at Hungerhill School in Edenthorpe are having their movements monitored by radio technology, but its Doncaster makers hope the system could soon be attached to every school uniform in the country, if the pilot scheme proves successful.

What a joke!! "If the pilot scheme is successful" of course it will be.. anyone want to bet against me?

Under the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) surveillance system the Hungerhill pupils have a memory microchip discreetly embedded onto their school badge which produces a radio signal. It means the pupils can be identified the moment that they step into a classroom. Its inventor, Trevor Darnborough, says the technology has many advantages including; offering accurate and speedy registration of pupils, ensuring child security, providing visual confirmation of attendance to help cover teachers and easy data input for the school's behavioural and reporting system.

Speeding up registration??

Remember speeding up library queues and dinner queues with taking kids prints in infant schools?

See the old child abduction fear card is played too, that old chestnut the child security is important. Its so important that they have just told a potential abducter the chip is in the school badge. Are children only abducted from school or on their way home, what about after school, evenings and weekends. Kids dont wear their uniform at weekends.

A discreet tracker chip somewhere on the clothing may be useful in finding a child if abducted, but how and who could monitor the whereabouts is another question.

[citroen999]

also take a look at the LTKA - "leave them kids alone" website, it has more info on kiddy printing and lists the schools that do it. Most of the schools dont ask parents permission.

[kweli]

Aye, this is the town I live in. I believe Doncaster was one of the first areas to introduce the finger printing of pupils too. I know of one school in Doncaster (Balby Carr Sports College) that actually has a Police unit stationed adjacent to the school grounds, in fact it's just a few feet away from the school gates! Man this town stinks! It doesn't surprise me though, when we have a Mayor & council like this in power:
http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/free-press-news/COUNCIL-CALLS-IN-THE-FRAUD.1314161.jp

"Mayor Winter's reign has been mired in controversy after a series of police and independent inquiries into his conduct." A series, there's more scandal about this con man out there.

Donnygate scandal: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2002/mar/13/uknews http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1573587.stm

It also appears the town is riddled with ''Common Purpose'

[Anders Lindman]

What is the reason for tagging school children with RFID chips? I can't see any relevant purpose for such Stasi program other that to train children to become used to being monitored.

[blue]

They propose its usage to track any student anytime. They have the tag fitted in their collar or on the badge and the detectors placed on the sides of the school gate. and when the children enter through the gate it is recorded. you can find out when your kid has entered the school , did he go to the library, what time he left the school. even the attendance stuff is dealt with this. this is the basic purpose why they want to introduce it apart from controlling their life.

[kweli]

What is the reason for tagging school children with RFID chips? I can't see any relevant purpose for such Stasi program other that to train children to become used to being monitored.

Yeah Anders, I think you're right there, it's just a way to get kids used to being controlled.

I feel really sorry for the kids that attend the school I mentioned in previos post, (Balby Carr). Not only do they have a permanent police presence and heavy use of CCTV (even in the bloody toilets!) but many of the pupils come from the large council estate that feeds the school. This estate has had Asbo's slapped on it, where ALL kids are subject to a curfew, and aren't allowed to walk around in groups of more than two. This estate has had it's problems (mainly due to neglect from the local council) but it's nowhere near as bad as it's made out to be. Believe me, the measures taken here are way too extreme