More student claims of illness due to RFID badges

BTC - Andrea Hernandez, a student expelled for refusing to wear an RFID badge,  recently submitted comment at public hearing on a bill to ban RFID in Texas schools [HB 101] claiming the technology made her sick. San Antonio press commenters ridiculed Hernandez for these claims of illness; which have been left out of conventional press coverage, until now.

During this forum, a student complained of chest problems and sickness attributed to his badge along with privacy concern. He added guidance to other students on how to break the badge without calling
up the attention of NISD authorities.

 

When a School board denies a Christian child an education in Texas, legislation multiplies

RE: School Kicks Out Sophomore in RFID- Student ID flap

UPDATE: 1/21/13 -- CNSNews.com clarified Andrea Hernandez refused all participation in the newer RFID badge system, including the new badge itself at John Jay High.  She requested to use her old ID to communicate distinction, as refusing to participate in the program opposed to giving the appearance of blending in with other children compliant with the program. 

BTC - WIRED.com's mods may not publish my comments.  My efforts to inform to Dave Kravets concerning a $300 million education disbursement went directly to the Internet ethers, unrecognized. 

That's okay. That's why when Brooking's doesn't like what I have to say, I can publish here.  BeatTheChip is a pretty reliable public interest source on identity surveillance measures anyway. 

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Here is what went muzzled:

"John Jay is simply embarassed. They underestimated the endurance run Texans will go opposed to invasive state-sponsored tracking devices. Everyone does. It appears they rescinded an offer to allow Hernandez to wear the badge without the RFID chip over a week ago during court proceedings.  The day the news broke a $300 million disbursement for education came from the Texas Land Commission.  John Jay and the NISD without a doubt would qualify for that funding for more immediate concerns or could even negotiate on funding ... {to} reconsider their badge program and perhaps soften the landing for any fiscal losses in adopting the program and hiring lawyers to fight this case.  It won't change the fact that there are 2 bills in the Texas legislature now to cut off possible funding for adopting RFID in the future. At the end of the day the NISD was duped. They overinvested in a system without calculating public support or privacy risk mitigation ahead of time. That means a business loss to the school as an investor.  They're now sacrificing Hernandez to ego and attempting to make her lose her education.  Whomever is in charge is losing the forest for the trees.  There is an election coming up.  We know there will be a challenger to give that chair [to someone] who might make Texas education better by well thought out choices with the public's funding vs. costly public embarassments."

John Jay High is fighting to *not* educate a Christian child in Texas.  The NISD's case with the public hasn't got a snowball's chance in hell of making it if they don't get a course correction matching the public's real interests. 

Good luck. Texas Senator Estes joined the effort, filing a bill to ban RFID in schools, aligning legislation with Rep. Kolkhorst's House bills,  according to the Weatherford Democrat yesterday. 

A late game for RFID advisories in 2012

Recapping RFID current events in 2012 

BTC - It has been a long year filled with ceaseless surveillance onslaughts driven by NATO, the security industrial complex and the US government.  RFID, a controversial radio frequency microchip known for its broadcast surveillance ability, had fallen unnoticed by major media in recent years.  2012 saw a resurgence of RFID in the public sphere of influence and corresponding opposition flowered later in the year.

REDUX: The end of the end of 2012 edition

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Eat your heart out Jimmy Buffet

End is near for surveillance law powers 
c/o POLITICO 

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***NEWSFLASH - SENATE HEARING WEDNESDAY ON SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE***

• What is the "School-to-Prison-Pipeline"?
• Bookmark/Schedule webcast for 12/12 hearing here.

c/o San Antonio Business Insider

Northside Independent School District is taking bids on a $20 million project to put video surveillance and security upgrades in elementary schools. The bond-funded project is expected to take about two years to complete.  

The project calls for integrated security management systems to be installed in 74 schools across the district. 

:::MORE HERE:::

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DIY Government ACTION ALERT :   Please write your local and federal Congressional Leaders to let them know what you think of State surveillance increases in public funded schools (RFID, CCTV, education & surveillance standards, higher learning, K-12 etc.)   You can make an impact on a national trend of distressing child privacy.

• WRITE FEDERAL
• WRITE LOCAL 

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STAND & DELIVER: Hernandez takes her business elsewhere

UPDATE 2PM 11/21: Bexar County Judge grants court restraint of expulsion order, in favor of Andrea Hernandez.

c/o GovtSlaves by way of Aaron Dykes at Infowars.com 

"After months of protesting a policy requiring high school students to wear an RFID-enabled ID badge around their necks at all times, Andrea Hernandez is being involuntarily withdrawn from John Jay High School in San Antonio effective November 26th, according to a letter sent by the district that has now been made public. 

The letter, sent on November 13, informs her father that the Smart ID program, which was phased in with the new school year, is now in “full implementation” and requires all students to comply by wearing the location-tracking badges. 

Since Andrea Hernandez has refused to wear the badge, she is being withdrawn from the magnate school and her program at the Science and Engineering Academy, and instead will have to attend William Howard Taft HS, which is not currently involved in the ID scheme, unless she changes her position."

BTC Commentary --  Andrea Hernandez has been the frontrunner in a fight where technology demands unconditional obedience to a hidden instructor.  Whether it's militarized drones or the call of Big Data on your Christmas shopping, you can't turn your neck anymore without some element of the surveillance state wanting something they don't deserve.  Ms. Hernandez is proof there is an evolving market for those who want options to distance themselves from digital surveillance mandates.

Student media special - An 8bit surprise for NISD

Telling NISD the game is SO not over

BTC -   A new student campaign graphic is available for students who want to wear this at school on anything.

The BTC version: 

The anonymous version: 

Here's some every day guerilla promo suggestions for the long haul:

• Wheatpaste the sh*t out of this on and off campus at door posts on big posters
• Make a T-shirt and sell it to support legal defense (or just look cool)
• Make buttons
• Add this onto organizer meeting and general information flyers for students
• Transfer it to your cars on magnets
• Get 1000 of these stickers printed and sell them for a 1$ to support your legal defense OR just get some sticker paper and DIY.
• Add it to student petition forms.
• Add it an HTML banner to your social media and websites. 

Legal defense filed against NISD over student consent infringement,RFID badges

BTC -  From the We-Don't-Need-No-Stinking-Badges Dept. c/o The Rutherford Institute

"SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a San Antonio high school student who was told that she must wear a name badge containing a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip as part of her school district's new “Student Locator Project.” So small that they are barely detectable to the human eye, RFID tags produce a radio signal by which the wearer’s precise movements can be constantly monitored, raising serious privacy concerns. For Andrea Hernandez, a sophomore at Jay High School, the badges also pose a significant religious freedom concern. In coming to Andrea’s defense, constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead is demanding that school officials accommodate students’ requests to opt out of the surveillance program."

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