Anyone in high school? Do you HAVE to have your ID Card??

reply to post by racerzeke

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our school is too small for a police officer, less than 900 kids. but the amount of drugs that come through is scary. we had a k-9 unit come through a few years back, and so many people got busted, and the dogs found so much stuff in lockers and cars, it was rediculous.
our school does do a random drug test, and a lot of people get caught through that.

reply to post by racerzeke

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To answer your question there is no legally binding reason for you to be demanded to wear said id card. if you dont feel like wearing it tell them you are afriad a pervert will walk onto campus and see your name and stock you, and then if theay continue to make you wear it after that send them a written note trhough certified mail (make a copy!) sighn it and make sure you cover the whole pervert thing. if after all this you are still made to wear it you can go to court aganist it with the letter as proof of your obvious intent to mediate a problem before it occured. but ok bud hope that helps.

I'm not in High School but it is always good to have your I.D card. Does your high school have gates operated by cards and security guards who monitor the usage of the gates?

IF so, the card will prove useful.

Ordering food is process which should nto require any I.D. It is likely that the canfeteria/food hall/canteen staff are a contracted organisation therefore there would be no need for security checks as they are in it for profit.

Want to buy something that is illegal to people under a certain age - carry I.D or don't expect it be able to make the purchase

In these cases I.D is a good thing. A biometric I.D for reasons which cannot be justified and costs alot more than anyone can afford is not.

When I was in high school, we had to carry out picture IDs (which were color-coded depending on what grade you were in), but only needed them to get into dances or buy lunch. They had a barcode that was scanned to deduct money from a prepaid account for lunch. If you had no money for lunch, and brought cash, you could still buy with that. If you forgot your card, they could access the account with your student number.

We did have to wear nametags at all times. If you wore a sweatshirt, the nametag had to be on that. Had to be on the outermost layer of your uniform. First name, last name, year of graduation. You got written up for not having it, and after three times being written up, you got Saturday detention. It was a private school.

My mother is a dean of discipline at a public high school. The students there are required to wear picture ID clipped to their uniforms at all times. That's because there has been so many fights and issues in the past. This way, a teacher might not know a student, but can identify who was involved in a fight, or who was where they weren't supposed to be, etc. They have also had problems where expelled students came back to fight people or start fires. When you are expelled, they take your ID away. So if someone doesn't have an ID on, it's an automatic redflag that there is a problem.

When you get out of school, just take it off. Maybe you should ask to speak with your principal or someone like that. Explain your concerns about wearing it, and ask why they are required. Do this in a calm and mature manner, and you're more likely to be heard. You may not change anything, but at least you'll get an explanation for why it's required.

If you do that, and are still upset, maybe you should contact the school board. Ask if this is something that is standard for the school district, or specific to just your school.

It's unlikely that you'll get this policy changed, though. Schools have a duty to provide a safe learning environment for their students, and students are limited with respect to certain rights in order for that safe environment to be accomplished. It sucks when you're there, but the good news is that you're only there for a few years.

Good luck to you. It could be worse... I had to wear penny loafers every damn day at my high school.

Near the end of last school year my school stopped using ID Cards, it might seem nice BUT ITS NOT because they have switched over to scan our fingers instead. It is only for school lunches but still its flipping scary because everytime I get my finger scanned I feel as if I am going to have something bad happen to everyone. The finger scanner thing is hooked up to a computer which I still think is bad because it can easily get hacked into and all of our index fingerprints are on that computer which can be used in a bad way. I definatly hate these things. Whats next?? our eyes. I plan on confronting teachers about this or something. Because I do not want my lil brother who is in 2nd grade to go through this crap. Oh and another thing our school wasn't made aware of this switch , I mean they didn't tell our parents or anything that I can remember.