Fingerprint plan worries parents
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SANTA BARBARA — A plan to fingerprint elementary school students when they buy lunch has some parents worrying that Big Brother has come to the cafeteria.
The Hope Elementary School District has notified parents that 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 ID, teacher’s name and how much the student owes, because some children receive government assistance for food.
“It raises sanitary issues, privacy issues -- it is kind of Orwellian,” said Tina Dabby, a parent of two at Monte Vista.
School administrators said the idea is to speed up the cafeteria line.
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