[etni] Re: Fw: School truancy in Texas

Amazing.  I wonder if they plan to do anything in school to make the kids
want to be there.
Michele

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Ask Etni <ask@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henry Mullish" <hqm2011@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: School truancy in Texas
>
>
> Hi there ETNI-ers:
>
> If you think you are having a tough time teaching in Israel, here is an
> article from yesterday's Ha-Olam Ha-Yom that might make you feel a little
> better. It describes the way that Texas has decided to cut down on school
> absences.
>
> [In Texas the students will wear electronic bracelets around their legs in
> order to help prevent their "evasions" of school lessons.]
>
> In Texas they have found a way to cope with the "evasions" from lessons.
> They will attach electronic bracelets, which will transmit their physical
> location to the school.
>
> The Texas, USA, courtroom will permit the schools to use electronic
> bracelets in order to locate those students who do not show up regularly
> for
> lessons. The bracelets will be connected to a satellite system (GPS) and
> will be attached to the students' ankle. The decision has aroused much
> criticism and the union for human rights in the country claims that we are
> talking about a violation of the students' rights to privacy.
>
> The judge, Lynda Penn, in a Texas courthouse, approved the program in which
> initially about 50 students will participate; the students attend central
> schools in San Antonio and they will wear the bracelets. During the time
> that they will wear the bracelets, every one of their movements will be
> determined.
>
> "We have arrived at a critical stage in our history, one in which we are
> placed between two possibilities – to educate or to send them to prison. It
> is within our power to educate them or to risk their being sent to prison
> for the rest of their lives," says Penn. The students are to be selected
> for
> the program by the judge and they will wear the bracelets 24 hours a day.
>
> "Students and parents have to understand that school attendance is not
> optional. If they don't attend school they violate the law," she said.
>
> Teddy Borek, the chairman of the union for the rights and freedom of the
> Texas citizens, attacked the decision of the court: We support the
> experiments to keep the children in school but is this proper that schools
> and courthouses should know where and what the students are doing during
> the
> off-school hours?
>
>
>
> Henry
>
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