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Updated: 2:27 AM Jul 23, 2008
School System Adds Fingerprint Scanners for Students
It's a hi-tech lunch ticket, and it's coming to several schools in our region this fall.
Posted: 9:01 PM Jul 22, 2008Reporter: Dave Benton Email Address: dave.benton@wsaz.com |
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WAYNE COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- It's a hi-tech lunch ticket, and it's coming to several schools in our region this fall.
A finger scanning program has been implemented for students who eat at school in Wayne County.
We see the eye scans and fingerprint identifications in the movies, but now that technology is coming to our local schools.
“As children go through the lunch line, they lay a finger on a scanner and will have their lunch number and be charged with that meal,” Food and Services Director Brenda Arrowood said.
When a finger is scanned for breakfast or lunch at school, you won't see a finger print. Rather, you will see the measurement between points of a fingerprint. The reason for the hi-tech lunch ticket is so the school will know who's getting lunch.
“It's a matter of accuracy and security,” Vinson Middle School Principal Tammy Forbush said. “We're talking about making the lunch billing as accurate as humanly possible.”
Other counties who plan to start the finger scanning program in fall include Cabell, Lincoln, Mason and Mingo.
Latest Comments
Posted by: bubba
on Jul 25, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Ashley, I don't remember anything about fingerprint scanners being mentioned in the CONSTITUTION. What article of the Constitution contains that part? I think either our forefathers must have been psychic or you are talking out of your...
Posted by: Church Lady
on Jul 25, 2008 at 03:46 PM
The mark of the beast is upon us. They make us get a social security # and now scan our fingerprints to get food. Repent because Jesus is coming soon. If you take the mark you must cut off your hand if it offendeth thee...
Posted by: Amy
on Jul 25, 2008 at 08:34 AM
To RoaneCo. I COMPLETELY agree w/ everything you said. It does seem like the only people that have any rights are murders, rapists, wife beaters, and meth heads.
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