Seymour High School Principal Kristy Wallen. (The Herald/ Archived Photo)

By Joe King, king@seymourherald.com

As most Americans are sitting on the edge of their seats wonder just what Federal governmental changes are coming in the next year, members of the local school system see electronically tracking students as an expensive and unnecessary precaution.

The topic first came into the discussion because students at John Jay High School and Anson Jones Middle School in Texas refused to wear a mandatory tracking badge implanted with a computer chip known as a Radio Frequency Identification Device.

The case has since been sent to a judge as students said the RFID, which is used to track their every movement, made them feel uncomfortable and as if they had lost their privacy.

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