Students at John Jay High School and Anson Jones Middle School mandated
to wear the Tracking Micro Chip which will be used to track them on
campus as well as when they enter and leave school. Children in nine Austin schools are being forced to carry around GPS
tracking devices everywhere they go under the justification of
preventing truancy. The kids are also assigned a "mentor" with whom they
must check in several times a day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0FdOLcslZs The controversy ignited after student Blake Robbins was
disciplined for “improper behavior in his home”. It turned out that
school officials had installed software on the laptops that used the
computer’s webcam to send images back to the school server every 15
seconds.
Hernandez also pointed out that sexual predators could
use the tracking system to stalk children because the RFID tag continues
to send a signal even after students have left school premises.
“With a smart phone you can use the option to use your locator but this I can’t turn it off,” Hernandez said.