New School Tech

A plan to fingerprint elementary school students when they buy lunch has some parents worrying that "Big Brother" has come to the cafeteria. I use to be an employee at Belk department store and the clock-in system was biometric, and that was the only time I knew that the technology was incorporated in everyday lives.

I think this is a neat idea, but parents worry that their children are being watched...

The Hope Elementary School District has notified parents that, beginning this month, students at Monte Vista, Vieja Valley and Hope elementary schools will press an index finger to a scanner before buying cafeteria food.

The scan will call up the student's name and student ID, teacher's name and how much the student owes, since some receive government assistance for food.

It is meant to speed up cafeteria lines. Interesting...