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In reply to the discussion: Teenager's Faith At Odds With Locator Tags In School IDs [View all]Xithras
(16,191 posts)And they called me on it after the third, threatening to make me pay for any new replacements. I calmly explained that their policy requires that students take them home, but that I don't allow any sort of government issued tracking devices into my home, and that the school lacked the authority to mandate ANYTHING within my home. Any tracking devices brought into my home will be neutralized. They stated that they were school property and that I couldn't just "deface" them, so I told the principal that my son was perfectly willing to pick one up before school every morning, and drop it off every day after class, if the school wanted to protect its property. Of course, since he has both a 0-period AND is often at marching band practice until after 8pm, and since the school requires students to have their ID's while participating in both, they would need to keep the office staffed so that my son could turn it in and pick it up when leaving campus and entering campus.
The principal said he'd call me back, but I never heard another word from them. My son still has the same nuked ID. It's my understanding that a number of his friends have now done the same thing.
Most people either don't care or are easily intimidated into following along. Neither applies to me.