Pathway School District Decides To Monitor Students 24 / 7 …
Missouri Edwatch caught this story. At a nearly-empty school board meeting in Chesterfield, Missouri, the Parkway District School Committee approved the mandatory use of GPS tracking devices on district students. While claiming these tracking devices were needed to study student physical activity, board members agreed to implement the use of “Polar Active Devices”, which are essentially ankle bracelets that track a student’s every move. Although the school board’s decision to make students adorn anklets like criminals in house arrest/prison is certainly alarming, what is more alarming is the fact that there was seemingly no discussion as to the legality of the devices- or offering parental waivers- at the meeting. The Parkway School district seems willing and eager to begin implementing its program to track students 24/7 (yes, even while they are at home).
The school claims that these GPS ankle bracelets are necessary in the name of “data collection”. They claim