[elwoodblues]

I personally don't have a big problem with it (though, I agree with my friend Utah about the lack of parental input.) The badges can't (or shouldn't be able to) monitor the kids anywhere but on school property. There is nothing nefarious about a school wanting to know where the kids are in their building. When I worked in the dean's office of a school, I always thought that a lot of problems could be fixed if kids were REQUIRED to where an ID with their schedule on the back. You would be shocked to know how often students aren't where they are supposed to be and you have no idea who the student is (if they really are a student) and/or where they should be.