Tracking Students

Some schools in Florida are scanning the irises of students for identification. This program is called "Eyeswipe-Nano" under the guise of bus 'security' and has done so without parental permission.

“'It simply takes a picture of the iris, which is unique to every individual,” Rob Davis, the school board’s senior director of support services, wrote home to parents in a letter dated May 23. “With this program, we will be able to identify when and where a student gets on the bus, when they arrive at their school location, when and what bus the student boards and disembarks in the afternoon. This is an effort to further enhance the safety of our students.The EyeSwipe-Nano is an ideal replacement for the card based system since your child will not have to be responsible for carrying an identification card,” he added." The letter to parents offering an opt-out of the program went out on May 24, but the program began on May 20, and by the 24th, the scanning had been done. 
http://www.infowars.com/schools-scanned-students-irises-without-permission/

Recently, two schools in Texas have begun tracking students with the use of computer chips embedded in their ID cards.  This allows administrators to know where the students are; the classroom, the bathroom, the stairwells, or not in school at all. Students were told they needed to comply or face expulsion. When one student refused, she was told she would face consequences and that she shouldn't speak out against it.
Parents created a group called "Chip Free Schools," to organize opposition to this invasion of privacy.
http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/wear-radio-chip-or-leave-school-tells-students/

Another school in Maryland has students flash their palms instead of using cash to pay for lunch. A preschool in California experimented with putting a computer chip in kids' clothing.

A senior analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union expressed concerns that consequentially, children will grow up to be de-sensitized to being watched by government agencies, and, that as people become more aware they are being tracked, they become less free.
http://redtape.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/26/14705346-texas-schools-begin-tracking-students-with-computer-chips-in-id-cards?lite